• DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    If the water is bellow freezing temps wouldn’t that mean that the water is ice? Or can it go bellow freezing in the ocean because of the salt?

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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      1 day ago

      Yes.

      Ocean water can also be supercritical. You can find videos on youtube of under-ice water flash-freezing out from a nucleation site.