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Hey, look a feature every mammal may need to evolve in the near future!
Are oceans getting saltier? The glaciers that are melting are pure freshwater
EDIT
I'm not an expert but from a quick googling it seems the oceans are getting LESS salty
https://www.llnl.gov/article/37921/atmospheric-warming-altering-ocean-salinity-and-water-cycle
You're halfway there! If the oceans are getting less salty, where else's the extra water coming from?
I literally already said the answer to that in my original comment.
Uhh, no you didn't? At least, not the way I interpret it.
It looks like you were saying "oceans are getting less salty, and therefore this adaptation is less needed". But @[email protected] was saying "the reason they're getting less salty is because fresh water is becoming more scarce, and therefore the adaptations are more needed".
I think that what SpaceNoodle is trying to say is that the decrease in ocean salinity is correlated to a decrease in fresh water, so even though salinity is dropping, adaptations need to be made because we will run out of fresh water.
But why male models?
Sorry, I meant where else.