Answering a longstanding question: Why is the surface of ice wet?

Answering a longstanding question: Why is the surface of ice wet? Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Nov 22, 2016 - A team of Hokkaido University scientists has unraveled a 150-year-old mystery surrounding the surface melting of ice crystals in subzero environments by using an advanced optical microscope. "Ice is wet on its surface": Since this phenomenon, called surface melting, was mentioned by British scientist Michael Faraday more than 150 years ago, the question of why water on the surface of ice d ... more

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