Training Saltier waterways creating “Chemical Cocktails” (Originally posted by Eurekalert) A recent study led by University of Maryland researchers found that streams and rivers across the United States have become saltier and more alkaline over the past 50 years, thanks to road deicers, fertilizers and other salty compounds that humans indirectly release into waterways. The team named this effect “Freshwater Salinization […] Written by Ryan Henry December 3, 2018December 18, 2021