Tag: Ice
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…