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Old 07-22-2006, 10:40 PM
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Default Which ocean, Pacific or Atlantic has the "wettest" water? Which has the "dryest"? I think about this often.


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Old 07-22-2006, 10:42 PM
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There really isn't any difference. There is circulation between the oceans, so the composition is essentially the same.
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Old 07-22-2006, 10:43 PM
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um the ocean is the ocean
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Old 07-22-2006, 10:43 PM
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you're a bona fide idiot
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Old 07-22-2006, 10:44 PM
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We all know who's always at low tide.
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Old 07-22-2006, 10:45 PM
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ummmmmm...yeah not worth even commenting on.
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Old 07-22-2006, 10:51 PM
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The Atlantic actually has a slightly higher salinity (more salt) than the Pacific. (This affects ocean currents which in turn affect weather patterns in Europe. That's why winters in Europe are not nearly as severe as in Canada.) The oceans are all connected but they really aren't the "same water".

So you could say that the Pacific is "wetter" because there is a higher percentage that is actual water molecules.
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Old 07-22-2006, 10:55 PM
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The Atlantic is definitely wetter than the Pacific. It is the result of many atomic and nuclear tests conducted in Azores. It woke up Godzilla, and he took all the wet, and moved to the Atlantic ocean. He now lives with Elvis somewhere in the Bermuda triangle. I think Jimmy Hoffa is there also.
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Old 07-23-2006, 03:16 AM
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The "wetness" of a particular sample of water is scientifically defined as being inversely proportional to its surface tension. Pure or distiiled water is quite wet, but its wetness can be improved further by the addition of a "surface active agent" or "surfactant" for short, such as soap or detergent. On the other hand, dissolved salts especially the divalent cations like magnesium and calcium diminish the wetness of water. Such water is referred to as "hard Water"
So the wettest ocean is therefore the one that is the most polluted with soaps and detergents, which is the north Atlantic, hands down. The dryest ocean is probably the Mediterranean, because it its waters are saltier and harder than any other sea body. The very dryest ocean is the "Oceanus Procellarum" or "Ocean of Storms" on the Moon, I would have to say. It is in fact dryer than the dryest desert on Earth. Unlike Earthly deserts, even the rocks there are absolutely devoid of any water.
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