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I melt, I am in a hurricane made by metal, as I wrap around the metal alongside foreign particles I become something new, something that, with warmth, will grow into another thing, so I’ve heard. I am no butter.
It was a flaking three-story house in the ancient part of the city, a century old if it was a day, but like all houses it had been given a thin fireproof plastic sheath many years ago, and this preservative shell seemed to be the only thing holding it in the sky.
Ray Bradbury • Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
Most simple substances, with the exception of water and type metal, expand upon melting, because the atoms are closely packed in the solid crystal and upon melting need more room to jiggle around, but an open structure collapses, as in the case of water.
Robert B. Leighton • Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
it melts away, more water and more land are exposed, both of which are darker, and both of which absorb still more heat. This in turns melts more ice, creating a feedback loop that can accelerate quickly.