NASA's Aquarius Launched To Help Map the Oceans' Salt

oxide7 writes "NASA launched a satellite featuring an brand-new instrument which will be able to measure the saltiness of Earth's oceans. Data from the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft will help scientists understand better the processes that drive ocean circulation and the movement of freshwater around the planet."

But

[JustOK]

But, the ocean is in the other direction!

Vocabulary

[pjt33]

This is Slashdot. It's ok to use words like "salinity" in the summary.