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Super Salty Pond

  • November 14, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Antarctica’s Don Juan Pond is the world’s saltiest pond. At 40 percent salinity, it never freezes solid and is 18 times saltier than the oceans! Researchers recently found that its salt content comes from calcium chloride in sediment trickling into the pond. (Photo: University of Georgia)

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