Millions of years ago, the Mediterranean Sea was transformed into a vast, desolate salt desert, its waters evaporating at an alarming rate and leaving behind a giant salt bed. This dramatic shift ...

M. Margneritte, of Paris, well-known as a distinguished chemist, has discovered a valuable mode of purifying rock and sea salt. The latter is, for the most part, delivered for consumption in such ...

An influx of salt from both land and sea and a warming world are condemning the world's rivers, streams and estuaries to a ...