Eli5 If putting something under pressure increases the temperature why is the bottom of the ocean so cold?
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The bottom of the ocean was put under pressure a long, long time ago. Plenty of time to lose any heat gained.
The ocean floor receives a little thermal energy from the Earth’s core, but that’s not a lot. And it gets very little from the source that most of the surface benefits from…the sun.
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