The weirdness of water, Part 1 of 2
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Why Does the Ocean Freeze at All?
The arctic is frozen, which that's where the north pole is. But why does the ocean freeze at all then? Because truly, in that case, cod water at the surface is going down. Wire water's coming up, and then that will become more dense and sink down too. And then you'll never get any properly cold water at thesurface until the whole ocean is ready to freeze. Yes. My understanding of this is because water is weird. Well, that doesn't happen because the ocean has layers. This is the critical point about the arctic ocean is it's a bit of a weird ocean.
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