# Suppose Global Warming is real but AGW is not

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**Created:** [July 15, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-global-warming-is-real-but-agw-is-not/411903 "2007-07-15T23:47:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-global-warming-is-real-but-agw-is-not/411903/21 "2007-07-18T19:34:29Z")

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[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]  
for **liquid** water, colder = denser, warmer = less dense.  
[/QUOTE]  
Nope.  
As I said, liquid water reaches a maximum density at 4°C. Here’s a [plot of density versus temperature](http://www.marietta.edu/~mcshaffd/aquatic/sextant/physics.htm). Here’s [another](http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/dorritie/methane%20and%20MHs2.html).

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