While some have decided to stay at home, others are tossing boiling water to try out the Mpemba effect in the open. Similarly, Canada is experiencing even colder temperatures. The Polar Vortexįor the past few days, in most of the things I’ve read, I’ve come across a reference to the extremely cold polar winds (incredible pictures) people are experiencing in the United States and Canada. If it does, do mention it in the comments section below. I think of this blog as a record of everything I learn – kind of a public journal (NOT an Official gazette). I read about things and then I experience a burning urge to find out more. In the past the north and north-eastern parts of US have also reported such quakes.Note: Remember that the ideas I share on this blog everyday don’t magically get formed in my brain. The flashing lights are most definitely caused by these electrical changes due to rubbing and squeezing of rocks. What was that about?Įlectrical changes happen in the rocks when they get squeezed, pushed and rubbed around when pressure stored in the ground is released. With loud sounds some people have reported distant flashing lights. As a result, it expanded and fractured the surface with a boom to find space for the 10% increase in volume. For a live demonstration, you can have a look at the video below, in which a metal pipe is split by freezing water. Apparently, there is nothing in the world that can contain expanding water without getting fractured (if you know about something that can, inform me in the comments section below). Although we aren’t dealing with density here, it is interesting to know, the phenomenon of expanding water is what makes gargantuan icebergs float on water. Thus, ice formed is of higher volume and lower density. Unlike most other liquids, water expands on it freezing. In this case, the earth got split open by it. Industrial valves and pipes made of thick steel walls can be fractured by water as it expands. It can break the strongest materials ever made. What they were experiencing was an Ice quake or Cryoseism.Īwaken by a loud boom – thought a family member was in trouble – but no no it was just a frost quake aka cryoseism #scienceisaweeesome!Įxpanding water can be an extremely powerful force. People thought that an earthquake had hit Toronto. People in Toronto woke up to loud sounds and rattling objects yesterday. One of them which I came across yesterday was – Cryoseism or an Ice-quake. Thanks to the frost, I’m coming across some of the never-before-heard things that are appearing in the mainstream media. My sympathies to the people who are suffering this bitter cold wave. 8,500 miles away, almost sweating in a room with temperature 30 degrees ( Celsius) above zero, I’m learning about new frost related phenomena that I had never heard of before. Note: Remember that the ideas I share on this blog everyday don’t magically get formed in my brain.
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