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Even though seawater continues to dissolve minerals from rocks and new minerals are added from the interior of the earth, the salinity of the oceans is not increasing over time. Explain 3 reasons that cause this.
 
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The ocean's salinity is in equilibrium. Salts that are added to the oceans are removed by processes such as adsorption and other sedimentation processes, removal by sea spray, and removal by incorporation into living organisms.
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