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- FlacoJones 5y agoI clicked this thinking it was referring to crypto
- ppg677 5y agoFigured the title was referring to the stock market.
- shakezula 5y agoSame, I definitely clicked expecting doom and gloom financial predictions, not soap bubbles that lived for a year (as interesting as that is)
- linuxlizard 5y agoBut this time is different!
- olalonde 5y agoNot going to lie, I was expecting another Bitcoin bashing article.
- scarmig 5y agoNot going to lie, I was hoping for one. But pleasantly surprised and happier that it's something interesting!
- arberx 5y agoAn analogy perhaps to our current market conditions?
- chasd00 5y agobut this time it's different, for the gas marbles referenced in the article i mean.
- Kalanos 5y agomaybe it could be used in atmospheric carbon capture?
- ncmncm 5y agoWe already know how best to capture atmospheric carbon. The ocean, all 65M km^2 of it, is already capturing atmospheric carbon. This would be good, except that it is also making the top layer of the ocean acidic, which threatens to kill the whole damn ocean ecosystem; and the top layer is getting saturated, so not capturing as much. So, the solution is to pump surface water down deep, where there is more capacity and where it can do less harm. Maybe pump deep water to the surface, too, so that water not already saturated with carbon can better absorb it; and maybe deliver that to reefs, which need it. You can float wind turbines on buoys in deep water, and pay for them with carbon credits. Of course this does no good at all unless you also stop piling more carbon into the atmosphere. But you can start doing it before that, and then get increasing benefit after.
- Kalanos 5y agoisn't bottom of ocean == bottom of food chain? the whole system could collapse
- ncmncm 5y agoNo, that is at the top of the ocean, the part where the carbonic acid is all going right now. There is way more "bottom" than most people can conceive of.
- mleonhard 5y agoWhen CO2 dissolves in the ocean, some of it will eventually end up as methane ice in ocean mud [0]. Methane ice releases its methane when warmed slightly. More methane ice means higher chances of runaway global warming. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane_clathrate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane_clathrate
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- micromacrofoot 5y agoI encourage you to get some bubble solution and just stop to admire bubbles for a little bit... even if you understand the physics of the whole thing, they feel a little like magic. Watch how the air flows in the room, blow some on a warm day and see how far the breeze takes them.
- flycaliguy 5y agoAnd get some guar gum to really get them massive! So many summer days spent with my friends making bubbles while my kids chase them.
- gilleain 5y agoI also find that if you put the solution in your hands, at the right concentration, and then form an oval with your thumbs and forefingers, you can blow very large bubbles. You have to start slowly, until a large curve forms, then expand the bubble until it can bud off as complete. Also it can help with a small amount of spit! :)
- jppope 5y agoI totally thought this was going to be a financial article...
- awinter-py 5y agothe linked 'gas marble' article is good too, in particular the construction method for the marbles > Timounay found that if the frame was wide enough and the microspheres were at least several hundred micrometers in diameter, then lifting the frame generated a gas marble. During lifting, the film on the frame would spontaneously fold in on itself and detach to form a gas marble that would drop to the liquid surface below. “The full mechanism of gas-marble creation is not fully understood for the moment, but their creation is reproducible,”
- divbzero 5y agoWhat about bubbles in protective packaging?