“terrifying”??
Does he think there will be a war for that salt water someday?
The ocean still has plenty
Chinese ESL statement through a repoter. He probably meant terrific.
A lot would depend on how salty the water turns out to be. It is far enough from the ocean that some desalination would be useful to provide water for travel and scientific sites. If the water was merely brackish, with a more modest amount of dilution with desalinated water some amount of agriculture with salt tolerant plants including grasses might be useful, and also might allow herding.