Water has a high specific heat. The specific heat is the amount of heat that must be supplied to raise 1 gram of water by 1\u00b0C. The specific heat of water is 1 calorie\/gram \u00b0C = 4.186 joules\/gram \u00b0C. This is a higher value than most substances.<\/p>\n

Thanks to its high specific heat, the sea is a great regulator of temperature. That is why, for example in the Mediterranean, neither the temperature rises too much in summer, nor falls too much in winter. It is the water, with its high specific heat, that is absorbing heat (raising its temperature), and releasing heat in winter when the temperature drops.<\/p>\n

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You've probably been to the beach. You've probably noticed that closer to the shore the water is warmer than at the bottom. Let's take a closer look at seawater temperature, how it affects life in the water. WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE OF SEA WATER The temperature of the sea water is [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1413,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n