Timeline for Is this ocean-planet stable?
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| Nov 27, 2023 at 11:49 | comment | added | Pica | @ChristmasSnow thanks, so cool and i never knew.. | |
| Oct 14, 2023 at 15:31 | comment | added | Christmas Snow | This actually happens in Antarctica. They are called "Brinicles" or "Icy fingers of death". Supercooled water below the ice shelf starts freezing, forming fingers reaching down to the shallow sea floor. The ice may spread further on the surface and freeze slow-moving animals like clams and sea stars, or immobile ones like anemones. theguardian.com/news/2023/feb/16/… | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 12:55 | comment | added | JanKanis | Supercooling is unstable, which is why a small disturbance can cause a large phase change. On a realistic planet with disturbances from day/night cycles, weather, currents, and dissolved impurities a supercooled state won't last very long. | |
| Sep 25, 2023 at 9:52 | vote | accept | NimRad | ||
| Sep 22, 2023 at 9:45 | history | edited | Pica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 18, 2023 at 12:24 | comment | added | Pica | Same as the ice forming in a super cooled water-bottle. All it takes is some local pressure drop or disturbance. | |
| Sep 18, 2023 at 11:14 | comment | added | NimRad | that sounds really interesting! i like that quite a bit actually. though i'm not following entirely in some aspects. could you elaborate on how those structures might form? | |
| Sep 18, 2023 at 10:50 | history | answered | Pica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |