So when dry ice melts it goes directly into the gas form!At really high pressures, carbon dioxide does form a liquid phase. Anyway, dry ice is much, much colder because carbon dioxide freezes at a lower temperature:-79 degrees Celsius or -109 degrees Fahrenheit! It's very dangerous to handle dry ice because it will freeze your skin and cause frost bite in less than a minute, causing a painful dry ice burn. Did you know that in Antarctica,the air can sometimes get so cold that the carbon dioxide in the air will freeze, turning into dry ice?