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Evaporation of ocean water and formation of sea ice both increase the salinity of the ocean. However these salinity raising factors are continually counterbalanced by processes that decrease salinity such as the continuous input of fresh water from rivers, precipitation of rain and snow, and melting of ice.vaporation of ocean water and formation of sea ice both increase the salinity of the ocean. However these salinity raising factors are continually counterbalanced by processes that decrease salinity such as the continuous input of fresh water from rivers, precipitation of rain and snow, and melting of ice.
Salinity refers to the dissolved salt content of a body of water. Marine salinity levels are influenced by a number of factors including rainfall, evaporation, inflow of river water, wind, and melting of glaciers. Salinity can have a great impact on the type of organisms that live in a body of water, as examined in the Case Studies section below.