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Meanwhile, seawater intrudes like an advancing army toward thicker ice, which rests on bedrock that slopes inward toward the bowl-like center of the continent.
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Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
This breakthrough could help make energy storage greener, cheaper, and more efficient with the surprising possibility of turning seawater into drinking water.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Katy Puig vomited a gush of seawater as a boater hoisted her unconscious body out of the water, fighting the current to get her to a yacht that had come to the rescue before first responders arrived in a flotilla.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
This flow of water could generate hydroelectricity, too, which could be used to desalinate some of the seawater into freshwater.
—Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
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Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
This breakthrough could help make energy storage greener, cheaper, and more efficient with the surprising possibility of turning seawater into drinking water.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Katy Puig vomited a gush of seawater as a boater hoisted her unconscious body out of the water, fighting the current to get her to a yacht that had come to the rescue before first responders arrived in a flotilla.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
This flow of water could generate hydroelectricity, too, which could be used to desalinate some of the seawater into freshwater.
—Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Seawater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seawater. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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seawater
noun
sea·wa·ter
ˈsē-ˌwȯt-ər 
-ˌwät-
: water in or from the sea
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