How did you establish that the carbon dioxide or other components in gas bubbles of ice cores was unaffected by the presence of microorganisms at the time the ice formed, or in some intervening time by psychrophiles. I know blood gas specimens degrade very rapidly on their way to the lab. How do we know old gas pockets are truly unchanged over time despite what might have been present in their containers?
just gonna put a link to this on page 1 of my dissertation and call it good
How did you establish that the carbon dioxide or other components in gas bubbles of ice cores was unaffected by the presence of microorganisms at the time the ice formed, or in some intervening time by psychrophiles. I know blood gas specimens degrade very rapidly on their way to the lab. How do we know old gas pockets are truly unchanged over time despite what might have been present in their containers?
I love this. I work with the UN on climate change and I’d love to see them explain things so clearly ...