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How would life in a lake be affected ice sank and lakes froze from the bottom up?
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∙ 13y ago
#1- Its would take longer that usual to freeze the lake ( depending the depth )
#2- The life at the botton of the lake would die from the coldness and then the other life at the top would die cause if the top DOESNT freeze then nope of the life dies
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