tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post3153169646562565411..comments2024-03-28T18:11:29.865-04:00Comments on UNDERNEWS: Climate oddity: More Antarctic iceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-70457678169954985132017-06-26T05:47:14.369-04:002017-06-26T05:47:14.369-04:00This is not that great a mystery once one consider...This is not that great a mystery once one considers the mass volumes of fresh melt water flowing onto the the denser salt waters of the surrounding seas. Until fully integrated over time, the less dense relatively fresh melt waters tend to 'float' atop in thin strata that become more vulnerable to freezing---fresh water begins to freeze at 32 degrees F/0 degrees C, whereas ocean waters with their greater concentrations of salinity begin to freeze at about 28.4 degrees F/ -1.9 degrees C. <br />Apparently somebody at the Washington Post, or whoever dreamt up the caption for this post, needs to do a little more homework for there is really nothing that odd about it provided one possess some appreciation of physics and the natural sciences. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com