The Ocean Has Enough Salt to Bury All Land 500 Feet Deep

Ajouté : 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]Rain dissolves minerals from rock and carries them to rivers. Rivers carry those minerals to the ocean. Water evaporates. Salt stays behind. This has been happening for 4 billion years. The ocean now holds about 50 million billion tons of salt. If you spread it on land, it would form a layer 500 ft thick.

[00:00:19]Hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor add even more minerals. The ocean gets saltier every year. Full breakdown on our channel.