seawater

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The ice is formed by seawater that freezes through the winter.

From Barron's

In the year following the Palisades and Eaton fires, levels of harmful metals like lead in coastal sand and seawater have remained far below California’s limits for safe drinking water and the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

"The ship can produce fresh water by desalinating seawater, but that becomes difficult if we are not sailing," he says.

From BBC

The loss of polar ice sheets is the main driver of sea-level rise, ahead of melting mountain glaciers and the thermal expansion of seawater, which occurs as the oceans warm due to global heating.

From Barron's

By converting nitrogen into different chemical forms in seawater, these microbes regulate the growth of microbial plankton.

From Science Daily