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Science Debunks Viral Pool Cooling Method: Why Ice Won't Chill Your Summer Swim
Madrid, Spain – As summer heatwaves prompt innovative, albeit sometimes misguided, cooling solutions, a recent video from the online science academy 'La Cuarta Revolución' has shed light on the scientific impracticality of using ice to cool large swimming pools. Víctor, a representative from the academy, addressed the viral trend of dumping ice into pools to combat high temperatures. In a detailed explanation, he calculated the immense energy required to cool a standard Olympic-sized swimming pool. Assuming a pool measuring 50 by 20 meters with a depth of 1.5 meters, the volume of water amounts to 1.5 million kilograms. "Water is a very special substance," Víctor explained in the video. "To lower the temperature of one kilogram of water by just one degree Celsius, more than 4,000 Joules of energy are needed." Applying this principle to the estimated pool volume, he demonstrated that approximately 6 billion Joules of energy would need to be removed from the water to achieve a mere one-degree Celsius temperature drop. Furthermore, Víctor highlighted that one kilogram of melting ice only extracts about one-third of a million Joules from its surroundings. This means that to remove 6 billion Joules, an staggering 18 tons of ice would be required. "This signifies that the action makes no sense," he concluded, suggesting that such efforts are likely for publicity or tourism rather than effective cooling. The video serves as a reminder that a lack of scientific understanding can lead to impractical and wasteful attempts to address environmental challenges.
