Why Is the Sea Salty? Milo's Raindrop Adventure

Why is the sea salty? 🌊 On a hot day at the beach, Milo the robot takes a big sip of ocean water... BLEH! It's super salty! But rain isn't salty, and rivers aren't salty, so where does all that salt come from? Milo switches on Shrink Mode and rides a raindrop to find out. In this episode, kids learn: 🧂 How much salt is in a glass of seawater 🚫 Why drinking seawater makes you even thirstier 🌧️ How rain and rivers carry salt from rocks to the sea ☀️ Why water floats up into the sky but salt stays behind 🐟 How fish live in salty water 🏊 Why people float in the super-salty Dead Sea 🏢 A huge fact: the ocean's salt could cover all the land taller than a 40-story building Try it at home: with a grown-up, stir a little salt into warm water, pour it onto a plate, and leave it in a sunny spot. What do you find after a few days? Chapters: 0:00 Milo tastes the ocean 0:07 How salty is seawater? 0:19 Why we can't drink it 0:42 Shrink mode: riding a raindrop 0:50 Rain, rocks and rivers 1:10 Why the salt stays behind 1:26 Millions of years of salt 1:39 How do fish live in salty water? 1:53 How much salt is in the ocean? 2:07 The floating Dead Sea 2:26 How people make sea salt 2:38 Try it at home! Milo Explores is a show for curious kids ages 4–10. Every episode, Milo the robot asks a big question and discovers the answer, with real science explained simply. #KidsScience #OceanForKids #MiloExplores #LearningForKids #learningforkids #miloexplores #kidsscience #beesforkids #historyforkids #pyramidsforkids