The Arctic Ocean is about to get 'spicier'

via Science News Relative temperature and salinity variations within seawater of the same density. Warmer, saltier ocean water is considered spicy while cooler, fresher water is minty. Climate change will spice up the Arctic Ocean, researchers report in the April Journal of Physical Oceanography. Seawater that is both salty and cold is the most dense, and therefore sits deep in the ocean. Unlike the rest of the world’s oceans, in the cold Arctic, the density of seawater is almost entirely de...