{"id":39,"date":"2008-12-14T21:48:37","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T01:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2008-12-14T21:49:34","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T01:49:34","slug":"freezing-and-thawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/freezing-and-thawing\/","title":{"rendered":"Freezing and thawing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/icy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/freezing-and-thawing\/icy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/icy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image-title=\"icy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The tidal inlet on the cold morning of December 9th  &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/icy.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41\" title=\"icy\" src=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/icy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The tidal inlet on the cold morning of December 9th  \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tidal inlet on the cold morning of December 9th  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The temperature has been bouncing around like a yo-yo &#8211; rather like the price of gas, from minus 10 degrees C to plus 10 and back again within a few days.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike fresh water, which is at its most dense around 4 degrees C, salt water is most dense at its freezing point, which is typically around minus 2 C.\u00a0 The more salt is in the water, the lower its freezing point.\u00a0 In oceans that freeze, the water deeper down is saltier, so it stays down, and is less likely to freeze because the high salt concentration lowers its freezing point considerably.\u00a0 The lighter, relatively fresher water stays on top &#8211; so it&#8217;s more likely to freeze, and when it does freeze it has little salt in it, as I found out by tasting it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/peaks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/freezing-and-thawing\/peaks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/peaks.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image-title=\"peaks\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ice that formed over rocks at high tide, then bent and cracked as the tide fell.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/peaks.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42\" title=\"peaks\" src=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/peaks-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ice that formed over rocks at high tide, then bent and cracked as the tide fell.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ice that formed over rocks at high tide, then bent and cracked as the tide fell -  December 14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The temperature has been bouncing around like a yo-yo &#8211; rather like the price of gas, from minus 10 degrees C to plus 10 and back again within a few days. 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