The deeper you go, the more water above you is pressing down on you. Does this increase water density the deeper you go?

  • Chainweasel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes. Some things I haven’t seen mentioned yet:

    Although water can’t be compressed there’s a few other factors.

    1. Density changes with temperature, and it’s a lot colder at the bottom then the top.

    2. There are air bubbles in the water, all of it. Although atmospheric air mixing by waves is unlikely to make it all the way to the bottom, biology produces gases via several different methods and gas can be compressed, which reduces the space between water molecules and increases the density.