If water boils on the stove at approximately 100 degrees celsius, then how or why does water in the ocean/seas/lakes etc evaporate when it surely doesn’t reach anywhere near this temperature?
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It doesn’t need to reach boiling, it can actually evaporate at near freezing temperatures. It’s more about how much water is already in the air at that tempature which will determine the rate at which it is evaporating, which a boiling pot the tempature makes it obvious its evaporating. It can also evaporate directly off snow or ice which is called sublimation
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