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Power of Sea Salt (00:03:04)
[16-Jun-11] This video, part of the Science Cast series created and distributed by NASA and presented by Science at NASA, gives a brief overview into the Aquarius mission and its importance to ocean and climate research. In it, we also learn how sea surface salinity plays a key role in the functioning of Earth's climate and what information scientists hope to get out of the Aquarius mission. Credit: NASA.