I know that with the ice caps melting, the fresh water mixes with the salt water, causing it to be less dense. In turn, it doesn't sink as well when it cools, which disrupts the north atlantic conveyor, which disrupts our weather patterns. For what reason are the icebergs fresh water anyways?
2007-02-01 06:29:11 · 9 answers · asked by nipsy3 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Salt water will freeze at around 28 degrees Fahrenheit. After frozen, over a long period of time, the salt leeches out of the ice. In addition, precipitation accumulates on the salt ice as well. So the northern polar cap is made up of a combination fresh water ice and briny ice.
The south pole is on land, but the surrounding waters are cold enough so that the above applies. On land glaciers at the South pole are all fresh water glaciers built up over millennium by precipitation
2007-02-01 06:42:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Kinda Weird Becuase I CAN Actually Taste The Difference In Water.. I Drink: Dasani Nestle Fiji Smart Water And Aquafina. For Some Reason Arrowhead Is Gross lol
2016-05-24 02:30:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ice caps are made of compacted snow, which is fresh water. Additionally, "sea ice" that forms from the freezing of sea water is also basically fresh water as well. This is because when saltwater freezes, it excludes salt from the ice crystal lattice.
2007-02-01 06:42:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Salt leaches out? To where? No, the polar ice is fresh water coming from below the pack ice. Submarines have noted this for decades.
2016-06-20 07:48:43 · answer #4 · answered by Jerry Mason 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The polar ice caps are made from falling precipitation and water vapor, not from sea water. Thus, they are fresh water.
2007-02-01 06:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by Tikimaskedman 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Because if the polar ice caps have salt water in it, it will melt anyway beacause of the salt. But I don't know where they came from but good question.
2007-02-01 06:33:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
The salt doesnt freeze with the water. For the most part all of the elements stay in the ocean, leaving the ice relativly pure.
2007-02-01 06:32:27 · answer #7 · answered by e_schwag 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
because the ice caps are made of frozen snow packed and condensed into ice.
2007-02-01 06:37:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Thye aren't frozen ocean water, they are frozen precipitation (snow)---no salt.
2007-02-01 06:32:28 · answer #9 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋