<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/37da4e55-885e-47c7-9337-888fe32888fb/BFDAFCAA-12B2-4976-A761-74BB27B7E8F8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.parade.com/askmarilyn/archive/Sundays-Column-06-21-09.html" href="http://www.parade.com/askmarilyn/archive/Sundays-Column-06-21-09.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.parade.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.parade.com/askmarilyn/archive/Sundays-Column-06-21-09.html"><DIV id="CB4-AList-headerCont"> <DIV class="header"> <DIV> <A href="http://www.parade.com/askmarilyn/">ASK MARILYN</A> </DIV> <DIV> <A href="http://www.parade.com/askmarilyn/askmarilyn-archive.html">ASK MARILYN ARCHIVE</A> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.parade.com/askmarilyn/archive/Sundays-Column-06-21-09.html"><DIV class="sectionA"> <DIV class="date"> June 21, 2009</DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class="question"> Sunday's Column - June 21, 2009</DIV> <DIV class="answer"> <EM> <STRONG>When the Earth was new, did the oceans have freshwater? <BR /> —Robert Oshust, Bayonne, N.J.</STRONG> </EM> <BR /><DIV>Yes, virtually. All water—even pure rainwater—contains chemicals called “salts.” Freshwater, though, tastes saltless compared to ocean water with its immense amount of salt, which has accumulated in the seas over hundreds of millions of years. Experts say the volume of salt in the oceans would cover the Earth’s land surface hundreds of feet deep. </DIV> <BR />As ocean water has gradually become unfit for nearly all animals to drink, the process is an example of natural environmental change. <STRONG> </STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BFDAFCAA-12B2-4976-A761-74BB27B7E8F8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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