Tag: Ice
Why do ice cubes stick to my fingers?
Ice cubes sometimes stick to your fingers and when they do, it can be particularly unpleasant. In question, a physical phenomenon ultimately very simple. You will also be interested It…
The Little Ice Age was caused by a warming
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (United States) reconstructed sea surface temperatures showing the effects of the meridional overturning circulation of the Atlantic, the Amoc, during the period…
Researchers lower the freezing point of water to -44 ° C
Pure water normally freezes at 0 ° C. But under certain conditions, the melting temperature can be significantly lowered. This ice nucleation process is essential in weather phenomena such as…
Mars: large quantities of water discovered under the largest canyon in the solar system
There should be no water on the surface of Mars at the equator, and very little there just below that surface. And yet the instruments of the Exomars mission say…
The Antarctic ice sheet could collapse much sooner than previously thought
Hoping to better understand what lies in store for Antarctica in the years to come, researchers have once again questioned the past. Their goal: to reveal how ice reacted to…
In the heart of the ice, the secrets of the climate
The analysis of the ice obtained by coring allows to reconstruct the variations of the temperature and the chemical composition of theatmosphere in the past, and that until approximately 400,000…
You will have an ice cube… without ice!
Prevent an ice cube from melting. It is not possible. Unless, maybe if it’s not made … of ice cream! This is what researchers are proposing today. Ice cubes that…
Numerous recalls of ice cream references
News Posted on 06/14/2021 4 min read The beginning of June 2021 was marked by numerous market recalls of several references of ice cream brands. In question: the presence of…
Why does ice take up more space than liquid water?
The pipes burst by a blow of frost remind us every winter: ice occupies a greater volume than liquid water! An astonishing peculiarity which can be explained at the atomic…
Our lakes have warmed six times faster in 25 years
During the past summer and through this fall, the Great Lakes of North America posted record temperatures. Another consequence of anthropogenic global warming. And researchers are telling us today that…