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slowly than does the land. On land, the difference in temperature between
the hottest and coldest places can reach as high as 140°C; at sea, that dif-
ference varies at most between 15-20°C. The same situation exists in the
difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures: in arid environ-
ments on land, the difference in temperature can be as much as 20-30°C;
at sea, this is never more than a few degrees. And not only the seas are af-
fected in this way: the water vapor in the atmosphere is also a big balanc-
ing agent. One result of this is that in desert regions where there is very lit-
tle water vapor present, the difference between daytime and nighttime tem-
peratures is extreme while in regions where a maritime climate prevails, the
difference is much less.
Because of these unique thermal properties of water, the temperature
differences between summer and winter or between night and day remain
constantly within limits such that human beings and other living things can
survive. If the surface of our world had less water than it does land, the
temperature differences between night and day would have been much
greater, large tracts of land would have been desert, and life might have
been impossible or, at the very least, much more difficult. Similarly, if the
thermal properties of water had been different from what they are, the re-
sult would have been a planet quite unsuitable for life.
Having examined all these thermal properties of water, Henderson con-
cludes:
To sum up, this property appears to possess a threefold importance.
First, it operates powerfully to equalise and to moderate the tempera-
ture of the earth; secondly, it makes possible very effective regulation of
the temperature of the living organism; and thirdly it favours the mete-
orological cycle. All of these effects are true maxima, for no other sub-
stance can in this respect compare with water. 79

High Surface Tension
The properties of water that we have considered till now are thermal:
that is, they are its heat-related properties. Water also has a number of