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• LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It was never actually stated but I always assumed Goo Lagoon was industrial waste (“goo”). But SpongeBob creator Steve Hillenburg was a marine biologist who would have known all about brine pools, so that speculation is probably right.

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  • Baguette@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Brine can be from industrial waste

    Technically, brine just means a high concentration of salt in a fluid. It doesn’t necessarily have to be sodium chloride like we know, it can be other salts, like calcium chloride. Though the most common case for industrial brine is just desalination plants, other industries can still create brine, like mining/oil drilling. It also depends on how it’s released. Large amounts dumped at once is the reason for manmade brine pools.

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