Sentences with phrase «tiny air bubbles trapped»
Undaunted, the Russians drilled down through the ice at their feet to sample tiny air bubbles trapped inside.
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Scientists can determine ancient atmospheric concentrations by measuring CO2 and methane levels in tiny air bubbles trapped in such ice, formed when the ice fell to the earth as snow.
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Featuring Comply Adhesive from 3M the films are fast and easy to position and, once pressure is applied, any trapped air can escape via tiny channels for bubble free results.
Confirmation of this idea requires a direct record of the ancient atmosphere — and this can be recovered by analysing the air that became trapped in tiny bubbles within ice as the snow it formed from fell to Earth.
When an ant does end up underwater, tiny hairs on its body can trap bubbles of air that give the bug a buoyancy boost.
The most direct evidence comes from tiny bubbles of ancient air trapped in the vast ice sheets of Antarctica.