[BenLurkin]

Stop, collaborate and listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anx5IctHVGU

[ArcadeQuarters]

Personally, I blame global cooling.

[Larry Lucido]

So, global warming and freezing at the same time?

[KSCITYBOY]

btt

[Libloather]

Will it reach the caravan in time?

[Ciaphas Cain]

Deadly and spreading ice, eh?

[PIF]

Pressure spikes - say, from meteor impacts - could cause the explosive formation of Ice VII on watery planets otherwise suited to alien life. But the mass formation of this cubic ice at ripping speeds would likely prevent any such life from forming or surviving. On worlds where this happens, life could get snuffed out before it really began.

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So that’s what happen to life on Earth!

[Right Wing Assault]

Quick! Ship a bunch of it to the Mexico border!

[Tax-chick]

I feel terrible about this. I’m sure it’s all my fault, driving a car and all that.

[layman]

I’ve always suspected this was true .... finally my hypothesis has been confirmed.

[Godebert]

Another filter to add to the “Rare Earth” hypothesis for the Fermi Paradox.

[imardmd1]

The temperature/pressure phase diagram for H₂O is one of the first topics that the student encounters in his/her introduction to the issue of the states of matter while studying physical chemistry.

[a fool in paradise]

Just as we were about to discover aliens this happens. < /s >

[mabarker1]

Need one of these to get started.

[HarleyD]

Now I know why I haven’t seen any Klingons lately.

[Daffynition]

[Lockbox]

If only the Aliens had used oil, they would of survived.

[Inkie]

Calling Kurt Vonnegut.

[King Moonracer]

Could we use this ice to stop the caravan?

[ek_hornbeck]

If it requires the equivalent of thousands of atmospheric pressure units to form, how could Ice VII possibly take over an entire planet's surface at 1 atm or less, as this article claims? It could form at the site of a meteor impact, but wouldn't grow beyond the area of temporary high pressure, unless I'm misunderstanding something.

But the scenario they outline does sound a lot like Ice-9 in Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle...sure, Vonnegut was a lefty, but he was one of the best dark humorists in literary history, with a great imagination, especially in his first few books.