username_unavailable@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why are there circles of melted snow on this icy pond?
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1 year agoThat’s where decomposing bodies in barrels are releasing gas bubbles as the corpse decomposes. Both because the bubbles are warmer from decomposition and because they disturb the surface of the water, ice formation is disrupted in “warmer below freezing” temperatures.
Source: I’m just winging it bro.
There’s a series on Prime via The Great Courses Collection about the origins of language. (Almost?) all languages derive their names like this, but that’s like, a throw away line in a much deeper series.