If melting of ice into water increases entropy, then does its freezing due to naturally occurring cold temperatures decrease the entropy? And does the entropy of the ice decrease or that of the whole Universe too? If it does not in case of the Universe, then why?
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When water freezes into ice, it actually increases the entropy of the universe.this might seem strange, but let me explain. Entropy is a measure of how much disorder or randomness there is in a system. When water freezes, it becomes more ordered and structured, which might make you think that it’s decreasing entropy. However, the process of freezing actually releases heat into the environment, which increases the overall entropy of the universe. So even though the ice itself might be more ordered, the universe as a whole becomes more disordered. It’s like cleaning up your room – even though your room becomes more ordered, the rest of the house might become more disordered because you moved things around.
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