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"Water—virtually all of it seawater—covers about 71 percent of the Earth's surface and thereby constitutes a distinct layer of the Earth. seawater varies in composition from place to place, but on average it is about 3.5 percent salts—that is, evaporating 100 pounds of seawater would yield 3.5 pounds of salt. Sodium chloride (ordinary table salt) constitutes 2.7 percent of seawater, or 77.8 percent of total solids in seawater. Atmosphere The atmosphere is the gaseous layer that envelopes the Earth. The lower atmosphere consists of the troposphere and the stratosphere." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.)

"Suddenly, around 5500 B.C., seawater washed over the rim. A gentle stream soon became a powerful torrent as cascading seawater eroded away the barrier in a horrendous waterfall that cut deep into the underlying bedrock. The lake, now part of the Mediterranean, rose rapidly, flooding low-lying shores, killing millions of fish, and drowning ancient farmlands near the shore. Thousands of farmers hastily moved far inland, up river valleys and onto higher ground, taking their customs, language, and farming culture with them.5 Many of these fugitives must have entered the forested European world." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"Since a cup of seawater can contain literally billions of bacteria that can reproduce a new generation every thirty minutes or so, the potential for a useful mutation approaches certainty every twenty-four hours. Useful, that is, for the bactetium. Some time before Justinian completed his journey from his Balkan home to Constantinople's throne—possibly thousands of years before?Y. pseudotuberculosis had reshuffled its DNA so completely that it was, by any standard, a new organism. The how was some combination of vertical and horizontal evolution; the why is a little trickier." - William Rosen, Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (Get the book.)

"KELP Kelp absorbs from seawater almost all the nutrients, minerals, and trace elements that are essential to life. Kelp contains more than sixty minerals and elements, twenty-one amino acids, simple and complex carbohydrates, and several essential plant growth hormones. Being rich in amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and trace elements is one of the key reasons why kelp is known as a great promoter of glandular health, especially for the pituitary, adrenal, and thyroid glands. Kelp was first used medicinally to treat enlarged thyroid glands." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"He prepared two containers of seawater, and shook one of them. After 10 minutes, when the water in the shaken container had settled down, he placed samples of dinoflagellates in the two vessels. Those algae exposed to the shaken water suddenly increased their photon emissions—a sign of stress. The algae appeared to be aware of the slightest change in their environment—even a historical change—and responded with alarm.21 Another of Popp's colleagues, Eduard Van Wijk, a Dutch psychologist, wondered how far this influence extended." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.) "He decided to examine the light emissions between dinoflagellates, luminescent algae that cause phosphorescence in seawater. These single-celled organisms sit somewhere between an animal and a plant in the evolutionary scale; although they are classified as a plant, they move like a primitive animal. Popp discovered that the light of each dinoflagellate was coordinated with that of its neighbors, as if each were holding aloft a tiny lantern on cue." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"You are like a corked bottle filled with seawater floating in the ocean. What's keeping the water in that bottle from merging with the ocean? The bottle. If you pop the cork, the bottle sinks and you flow out and merge with the sea around you. So how do you pop the cork? By getting rid of the distractions confining your awareness. When you stop devoting all your mental energy to the sensory world, you free up that mental energy to focus instead on the ocean of electromagnetic energy behind it. At that point, you will naturally obtain the power to heal yourself." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"Now the water course has vanished under rising seawater. Both households claim new land close to the new shore, but there is not enough well-watered soil to go around. Shouting erupts, then fist-fights. A kin leader intervenes and settles the dispute. No one is happy with his decision to divide the land, but there are no other op- tions, except to build new irrigation canals farther inland-but other neighboring villages want the same site. The farmers of the day lived in a state of continual negotiation, in a volatile world where only strong leadership kept the peace." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"The salty seawater and filtered sunlight are thought to be therapeutic for the skin. infertility. Women with this condition often have hirsutism—excess hair on their faces, chests, and other places women normally don't have a lot of hair. (See Chapter 1.) They also are frequently obese and have irregular periods. Very easy and extensive braising may also be the earliest warning sign of a low blood platelet count—medically known as thrombocytopenia—which can be due to several serious conditions such as leukemia and HIV/AIDS." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"They found that some skippers had noted unusual currents and warm seawater conditions off the coast in ship's logs going back to 1795. In 1891, which was just such a "year of abundance," Luis Carranza, president of the Lima Geographical Society, contributed a short paper to the society's Bulletin in which he drew attention to an occasional countercurrent that flowed from south to north along the coast. His contribution drew little notice. The following year, the sea captain Camilo Canillo published another paper in the same Bulletin." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.) "A gentle stream soon became a powerful torrent as cascading seawater eroded away the barrier in a horrendous waterfall that cut deep into the underlying bedrock. The lake, now part of the Mediterranean, rose rapidly, flooding low-lying shores, killing millions of fish, and drowning ancient farmlands near the shore. Thousands of farmers hastily moved far inland, up river valleys and onto higher ground, taking their customs, language, and farming culture with them.5 Many of these fugitives must have entered the forested European world." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"In the old days, when Okinawan tofu was made with seawater, Grandma Geruma would scour numerous bays, beaches, and coastlines to find the seawater that provided the best magnesium chloride for solidifying Okinawan-style tofu. (Extra-firm tofu is the closest Western equivalent.) But whether you opt for tofu or go for ribs, this dish guarantees total satisfaction." - Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., D. Craig Willcox, Ph.D., Makoto Suzuki, M.D., The Okinawa Diet Plan : Get Leaner, Live Longer, and Never Feel Hungry (Get the book.)

"The self-assembling coatings developed at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories are an example of biometric process—they grow from a solution the way seashells grow in seawater. These incredibly strong, transparent coatings, which could be quickly grown in laboratories, could revolutionize all kinds of finishes for everything from cars to contact lenses. Biomimetic systems feature closed-loop lifecycles [see Neobiological Industry, p. 109] that recycle the outputs and by-products of one process as inputs for another." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Our body fluids closely resemble the structure of seawater, so these salts are quite beneficial for balancing internal fluids. I personally recommend Himalayan Crystal Salt™ because it contains all the elements and minerals your body needs without any of the toxins found in common table salt. Fig." - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"Sunlight not only purifies seawater to a depth of 12 feet, but it also disinfects the skin from harmful germs. The longer the ultraviolet wavelength, the deeper it penetrates the skin. At 290nm (one nanometer or nm equals one billionth of a meter) about 50 percent of the ultraviolet light penetrates a little deeper than to the superficial layers of the skin, whereas at 400nm, 50 percent reaches the deeper layers. The deeper-reaching rays can even penetrate the brain." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.) "Research has shown that seawater removes hydroelectrolytic imbalance, a disorder that causes a loss of the immune response, allergies, and numerous other health problems. In recent years, salt has earned a bad reputation, and people have learned to fear it, in the same way they fear cholesterol and sunlight. Many doctors warn their patients to stay away from sodium and sodium-rich foods. However, to live a salt-free life means that you will suffer an increased risk of mineral and trace mineral deficiencies, as well as numerous related complications." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"When ingested, natural sea salt (reconstituted seawater) allows liquids to freely cross body membranes, blood vessels walls, and glomeruli (filter units) of the kidneys. Whenever the natural salt concentration rises in the blood, the salt will readily combine with the fluids in the neighboring tissues. This, in turn, will allow the cells to derive more nourishment from the enriched intracellular fluid. In addition, healthy kidneys are able to remove these natural saline fluids, without a problem, which is essential for keeping the fluid concentration in the body balanced." - Andreas Moritz, The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse: An All-Natural, At-Home Flush to Purify and Rejuvenate Your Body (Get the book.) "Research has shown that seawater removes hydro-electrolytic imbalance, a disorder that causes a loss of the immune response, allergies, and numerous other health problems (for more details see "Eat Unrefined Sea Salt" in Chapter 5). In recent years, salt has earned a bad reputation, and people have learned to fear it, in the same way they fear cholesterol and sunlight. Many doctors warn their patients to stay away from sodium and sodium-rich foods." - Andreas Moritz, The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse: An All-Natural, At-Home Flush to Purify and Rejuvenate Your Body (Get the book.)

"These industrial compounds—both of which are known endocrine disruptors— magnify in intensity as they are passed up the food chain from host to host, reaching their second to highest concentration in us—and their highest of all in human breast milk. And because babies eat far more for their size than do grown-ups, their dose of contaminants per meal is much greater than our own. Pound for pound, breast-feeding babies get more contaminants per meal, at more concentrated levels, from the healthiest known food source on the planet." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Given that much of the centre of the great ice mass is even deeper below sea level than are its edges, penetrating seawater could in theory lift much of the ice cap off its seabed foundations, adding 5 metres to global sea levels in just a few decades. The process would be rapid not just because of these physical dynamics, but because water is a very efficient conductor of heat: warm water melts ice a lot faster than warm air, and the warming Southern Ocean is a dagger pointed at the heart of Antarctica. The West Antarctic does have some last lines of defence." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.)

"Long exposure to sunlight and seawater can damage the hair. Q Avoid rough treatment. Do not use a brush or fine-toothed comb, or towel-dry your hair. Also, do not use a blow-dryer or other heated appliances on your hair; let it dry naturally. Do not comb your hair until it is dry, as wet hair tends to break off. Use a pick to put wet hair in place. Do not wear tight ponytails, cornrows, or other styles that pull on the hair. Q Avoid crash diets and diets that neglect any of the food groups. These can cause deficiencies in nutrients that are detrimental to the hair." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Treat jellyfish and sea anemone stings by removing the tentacles with a cloth or gloves; rinse with seawater, then place vinegar or rubbing alcohol on the affected area. Remove sea urchin barbs with tweezers or by rubbing with soap and water. Apply warm compresses to extract the toxins. Coral injuries are very dangerous and should get immediate medical attention. A product called Sting-Aid (aluminum sulfate solution) is used by divers to address these injuries." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Remove coral fragments with tweezers, rinse with seawater, then finally wash with soap and water and apply topical antiseptic when on shore. Keep the affected limb stationary if possible. Q To avoid mosquito bites, eat fish, brown rice, brewer's yeast, blackstrap molasses, or wheat germ before spending time outside. These foods are rich in vitamin Bj (thiamine). Carbon dioxide, estrogens, moisture, sweat, and warmth attract mosquitoes. They appear to be repelled by the B vitamins, which are excreted through the skin, and especially by thiamine, so as an alternative, take thiamine supplements." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Apply seawater to the affected area with cotton several times a day. Q Use cold-pressed flaxseed, sesame, or soybean oils. Q Do not consume citrus fruits, fried foods, processed foods, saturated fats (found in meat and dairy products), sugar, or white flour. Considerations Q There is no known cure for psoriasis. Treatment is aimed at reducing the symptoms and includes the use of ointments and creams to soften the scales combined with gentle scrubbing to remove them. Sometimes ultraviolet light (UVL) therapy is used to retard the production of new skin cells." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Still more pollution may come from seawater desalination plants in desertifying countries like Portugal and Spain, unless these are powered exclusively by solar energy. But controlling further greenhouse gas emissions may be the last thing on any politician's agenda, desperate as they will be for fresh water to keep cities habitable and prevent agricultural collapse." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.)

"California's soils were rich in sodium sulfate and sodium carbonate, whereas seawater was enriched in sodium chloride. The salts in the soil were weathering out of rocks, dissolving in soil water, and then teptecipitating where the water evaporated. He teasoned that drier areas had saltier soil because rain sank into the ground and evapotated in the soil. So just as greater rainfall leached rhe alkali from the soil, repeated flooding could flush salts from the ground. Collaborating with farmers eager to improve their land, Hilgard also advocated mulching to reduce evaporation of soil moisrure." - David R. Montgomery, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"This, together with smaller contributions from Antarctica and other glaciers, plus some thermal expansion of seawater, would seem to explain the high Eemian sea levels. The study raised a few academic eyebrows at the time, but its implications didn't really begin to sink in until several years later. In retrospect, this is perhaps surprising: it contained clear evidence that a climate between 1 and 2°C warmer than today could melt enough Greenland ice to drown coastal cities around the globe, cities that are home to tens of millions of people." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.)

"In the old days, when Okinawan tofu was made with seawater, Grandma Geruma would scour numerous bays, beaches, and coastlines to find the seawater that provided the best magnesium chloride for solidifying Okinawan-style tofu. (Extra-firm tofu is the closest Western equivalent.) But whether you opt for tofu or go for ribs, this dish guarantees total satisfaction." - Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., D. Craig Willcox, Ph.D., Makoto Suzuki, M.D., The Okinawa Diet Plan : Get Leaner, Live Longer, and Never Feel Hungry (Get the book.)

"Average seawater, for example, full of salt, freezes at around 28 degrees Fahrenheit instead of the 32 degrees we think of as water's freezing point. Think about the bottle of vodka some people keep in their freezer. Usually, alcohol is about 40 percent of the liquid volume in the bottle; it does a great job of interfering with the creation of ice—vodka doesn't freeze until you cool it down to around minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Even most water in nature doesn't freeze at exactly 32 degrees, because it usually contains trace minerals or other impurities that lower the freezing point." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"As Paul Pitchford points out in Healing with Whole Foods: Traditions in Asian Medicine, the human body is nourished and cleansed by blood that has almost the same composition as seawater. According to ancient Chinese texts, "there is no swelling that is not relieved by seaweed." Seaweeds have a number of properties in common, and yet each has a distinct nutrient profile. Let's first talk about them as a group. Seaweeds in general contain dozens and dozens of minerals and trace elements integrated into living plant tissue." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

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