Vital for life, heat and power – what you never knew about salt water

Your tongue is a salt detector – it dissolves the solid salt crystals sprinkled on your chips to create an intense flavour sensation.

Salt water is fun to swim in – but it also
 carries the electrical signals vital for life.

But salt is way more important than just being a food additive.

Salt water is literally the most common substance on the surface of Earth, and it’s really important – for life and for the planet.

Read the story from The Conversation by a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Energy Storage from  The University of Queensland, Timothy Duignan - “Vital for life, heat and power – what you never knew about salt water.”