[NEWS] Links on oceans near and far: mental health, Salton Sea, Europa, Enceladus, Pluto

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• There definitely is something to the idea that oceans, and other large bodies of water, can be healing. The immenseness of Lake Ontario (to name one body) is sublime. Global News reports on one study.


• The scale of the disaster in California's Salton Sea, drying up and poisoning the nearby land, is appalling. The Verge shows the scene.


• NASA notes one mechanism for the gradual recycling of the ocean of Europa, up into its outer icy crust. Universe Today reports.


• Some Earth bacteria could thrive in the predicted environment of Enceladus. Universe Today reports.


• Cold environments still watery thanks to substantial amounts of brine could support life, conceivably on worlds as distant as Pluto. Universe Today reports.