8 Dec
2022
8 Dec
'22
11:12 a.m.
Being Daffodil Roots in an Iceberg. I don't know much what it's like to be a normal daffodil, where you get fancy digs like moist soil to pull nutrients out of. But us ice daffodils, we know _all_ about finding the solutes dissolved in ice. Did you know that if you press ice hard enough with your roots, very slowly, a little bit of salt can come out? Now, salt of course is very deadly and quickly kills you and all, but some of those ions are just what you're looking for! Sometimes I think about guiding this iceberg toward some weather scientists and seeing if they'll build me a robot to help me survive.