For his part, Dr. Boreyko said that although ice bubbles would probably not replace text messages and tweets, the new findings were important. “Science often works this way,” he said.

This unorthodox method utilizes air bubbles trapped in ice, which are manipulated to create various bubble shapes that can form messages in binary or Morse code. Bubble Message Inspiration.

Look closely at an ice cube, and you might spot minuscule bubbles shaped like teardrops, flattened eggs or even winding worms. Bubble patterns in Russia’s Lake Baikal (shown here) are even more ...