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The temperature at the ocean's surface varies widely, but down below, the ocean is pretty much all one temperature. Why?

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Get started mitigating your carbon footprint with Wren at https://www.wren.co/start/minuteearth The temperature at the ocean's surface varies widely, but down below, the ocean is pretty much all one temperature. Why? LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: thermocline: a steep temperature gradient in a body of water such as a lake, marked by a layer above and below which the water is at different temperatures. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Cameron Duke | Script Writer and Co-director Kate Yoshida | Narrator Ever Salazar | Co-director, Video Editing and Animation Alexander Vidal | Illustration Aldo de Vos | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Arcadi Garcia i Rius David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes • Alex Reich Henry Reich • Peter Reich • Ever Salazar Alexander Vidal • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** Nunoura, Takuro, et al. “Hadal Biosphere: Insight into the Microbial Ecosystem in the Deepest Ocean on Earth.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 112, no. 11, 23 Feb. 2015, pp. E1230–E1236, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4371994/ Ophardt, Charles. “Hydrogen Bonding I.” Chemistry LibreTexts, 2 Oct. 2013, http://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Physical_Properties_of_Matter/Atomic_and_Molecular_Properties/Intermolecular_Forces/Hydrogen_Bonding/Hydrogen_Bonding_I “Pycnocline - an Overview | ScienceDirect Topics.” www.sciencedirect.com, http://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/pycnocline US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “What Is a Thermocline?” Noaa.gov, 2019, http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/thermocline.html Water Science School. “Water Density | U.S. Geological Survey.” http://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/water-density

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Maarten Daalder

Are there similar density inflection points for other polar molecules? (NH3 comes to mind.)