– If the pressure at the bottom of the ocean is so extreme, are the molecules pushed closer together? If so, why isn’t it hotter, if the molecules are bumping into each other more?

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– If the pressure at the bottom of the ocean is so extreme, are the molecules pushed closer together? If so, why isn’t it hotter, if the molecules are bumping into each other more?

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But surely the water at the bottom of the ocean will be ‘hotter’ as water is most dense at 4°C and becomes less dense as it cools, eventually floating once it becomes ice. This virtually unique property has supported life, in frozen bodies of water that can exist at four degrees, with a degree of insulation from the floating ice. Water is pretty amazing stuff, really…