Climate Driven Ocean Salt Loss

The Southern Indian Ocean is becoming less salty.

This is occurring due to climate change and in turn fuels further alterations to the global environment.

The increasing fresh water decreases the mixing of warm surface water with deeper layers and impacts the exchange of nutrients between layers, directly altering foundation species in marine environments.

Freshwater surge threatens Southern Indian Ocean ‘conveyor belt’ – Oceanographic

The expanding Indo-Pacific freshwater pool and changing freshwater pathway in the South Indian Ocean | Nature Climate Change