Sentences with phrase «dense than cold water»

Warm water is less dense than cold water, so the cold water in the water balloon was more dense than the hot water and so sank.

Not exact matches

And around Antarctica, where even the surface ocean water is already quite cold and dense, some of that water in the ocean depths, which is also carbon rich, eventually warmed enough so that it became less dense than the water above it.

Cold water is denser than warm water, and salt water is denser than freshwater.

temperature of the water — cold water is more dense than warm water, so it sinks.

These corals — surviving at depths from 540 to more than 9,840 meters below sea level — are some of the most diverse, dense, and pristine assemblages of cold - water corals in the world.

Cold water is more dense than warm water.

But your link shows that warm saltier water can be denser than colder fresher water, I should have remembered that as it is one of the factors that drives the thermo - haline circulation.

Factor in the fact that soils amd water are at least ~ 1000 times more dense than air and the idea that gases can heat warmer surfaces like soils and especially water whilst most of the atmosphere is actually much colder just seems - well — ludicrous.

Since this cold water is denser than the hot water it's replacing, it potentially provides more pore space for storing carbon dioxide.

I should clarify that water does not necessarily need to be less dense to rise if it's being displaced by water at a greater pressure gradient, but it's still statistically more likely for cold water to sink than warm water.

Cold water sinks readily in polar regions, as the surface water tends to be closer to freezing, as well as being fresher from ice melt, and therefore less dense than the inflowing currents, which are in turn are rendered more saline by the fresh water freezing out.

Cold water will sink, moving warmer water upwards, or along in a current until it reaches a position where it's less dense than the water above, at which point it rises.

You can rest assured though that the top will usually be warmer than the bottom since colder water is denser.