air bubbles in disk of Antarctic ice (IMAGE)

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air bubbles in disk of Antarctic ice

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Researchers studied Earth’s ancient atmosphere by capturing tiny bubbles of air that were preserved in Antarctic ice for up to 1.5 million years.

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Photo by Yuzhen Yan

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