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Salty water is quite literally more dense than fresh water. Average seawater is 1025 kg/m^3, pure water is nominally 1000 kg/m^3. Somewhat related video: dense
by cr1895 9y ago
Salty water is quite literally more dense than fresh water. Average seawater is 1025 kg/m^3, pure water is nominally 1000 kg/m^3.
Somewhat related video: dense brine that doesn't freeze in Arctic sea ice sinks rapidly through liquid seawater below
https://youtu.be/WyWn1XJ9kTE https://youtu.be/WyWn1XJ9kTE
- stingraycharles 9y agoOh geez, you're absolutely right, I don't know what I was thinking. I probably needed my morning coffee.
- x2398dh1 9y agoIt's OK, stingrays like you aren't expected to know about polar regions and super cold water.