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2 Pounds Dry Ice + Sink Full of Water = Your Daily Dose of Catharsis

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Here for enjoying from the comfort of your chair is a classic science demonstration: CrazyRussianHacker host Taras Kulakov, dipping two pounds of dry ice into a sink full of water to demonstrate the dynamics of warm and cold air.

https://gizmodo.com/ten-amazing-and-occasionally-explosive-chemical-react-5886602

https://gizmodo.com/what-in-the-name-of-all-that-is-holy-is-going-on-in-thi-5947370

Do not try this from your home or office — large volumes of carbon dioxide in an unventilated space is a decidedly awful idea.

Cool, right? Chase this with a little brain teaser: If heat rises, why does temperature drop at higher elevations?

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