The image below shows sea surface salinity data from the NASA Aquarius mission. Reds are high salinity and blues are low salinity. Notice that salinity is lower in the Pacific compared to the Atlantic. What is the most likely explanation? O higher precipitation in the Pacific O higher evaporation in the Pacific more river input to the Pacific more ice melt in the Pacific

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