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0 C. This coldness affects naturally seas
and lakes alike and their temperature
decreases accordingly. The cooler layers
of water sink and the warmer layers rise
to the surface where they are cooled by
the cold air and begin to sink again. At
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4 C (39.2 F) this cycle is broken, be-
cause water begins to expand again and
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becomes “lighter.” So, the water at 4 C
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(39.2 F) becomes the bottom layer and
as we move up, the temperature de-
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creases to 3 C (37.4 F) and then 2 C
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(35.6 F) and so on. At the surface the
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temperature falls to 0 C (32 F) and
freezes but only at the surface. The
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water below at 4 C (39.2 F) is sufficient
to guarantee the survival of fish and
other aquamarine life.
What would happen if this were not
so? What would happen if water were to
behave “normally,” and its density were
to increase inversely with the fall in tem-
perature—and sink as ice?
In such a scenario, oceans, seas and

lakes would freeze from the bottom up-
wards and keep on doing so, because
there would be no insulating layer of ice
at the surface. The deepest portions of
all lakes, seas, and oceans would be-

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