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Why -30C? I'd be really surprised if the bottom of the ocean were much below 4C, since that's the greatest density (62.4 lbs/ft^3), see [1]. [1] http://en.wik
by prewett 15y ago
Why -30C? I'd be really surprised if the bottom of the ocean were much below 4C, since that's the greatest density (62.4 lbs/ft^3), see [1].
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Properties_of_water http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Properties_of_water (see sidebar)
- jholman 15y agoOh, my bad. I misrecalled a detail from the featured article, thinking it had claimed that temperatures were very very low, so I picked the lowest temperature in that sidebar as a rough approximation. Actually, TFA says "near freezing", which certainly much closer to 4C than to -30C. Silly me.