<story><title>Why is the ocean salty?</title><url>https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/whysalty.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sundarurfriend</author><text>I like that the article begins with a tl;dr summary of&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Ocean salt primarily comes from rocks on land&lt;p&gt;Not many articles do that, but it only made reading the rest of the article more appealing to me, not less.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why is the ocean salty?</title><url>https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/whysalty.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ccleve</author><text>I wonder why lakes aren&amp;#x27;t salty?&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s clear why rivers and lakes that eventually empty into the ocean are fresh. Rainwater washes the salt downstream to its ultimate destination.&lt;p&gt;But many lakes do not have an outlet that leads to the sea. Water flows in and evaporates. Where does the salt go in that case?&lt;p&gt;Or is it possible that the article doesn&amp;#x27;t tell the full story, and that salty rocks are confined to a limited number of areas?</text></comment>