Water Structure and Science

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(This might actually be "on topic" for a weather oriented site. Yes, snow counts!)

So you think you know a lot? … something? … anything? … about water? Think again!

(click →) "Water Structure and Science":
"This page forms the entrance to a website concerned with the physical, chemical and biological properties of water."
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Quoted here in part (from the introduction):
"Liquid water is not a bit player in the theatre of life — it’s the headline act."

"Many regard water (H[SUB]2[/SUB]O) as a rather uninteresting substance because it is transparent, odorless, tasteless and ubiquitous. It is the simplest compound of the two most common reactive elements in the universe, consisting of just two hydrogen atoms attached to a single oxygen atom. Indeed, very few molecules are smaller or lighter. Liquid water, however, is the most extraordinary material contradicting its apparently simple molecular constituent.

"Although we drink it, wash, fish and swim in it, and cook with it (although probably not all at the same time), we nearly always overlook the special relationship it has with our lives. Droughts cause famines and floods cause death and disease. It makes up over about half of us and, without it, we die within a few days. Liquid water has importance as a solvent, a solute, a reactant, a catalyst and a biomolecule, structuring proteins, nucleic acids and cells and controlling our consciousness. H2O is the second most common molecule in the Universe (behind hydrogen, H2), the most abundant solid material and fundamental to star formation. There is a hundred times as many water molecules in our bodies than the sum of all the other molecules put together. Life cannot evolve or continue without liquid water, which is why there is so much excitement about finding it on Mars and other planets and moons. It is unsurprising that water plays a central role in many of the World's religions. This web site discusses many aspects of water science."
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[All that, not to mention the many effects of water on weather!]
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Snow Crystals!

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