more that needs more in-depth analysis while the expedition across the arctic ocean continues christian haas is now back on land together with untold terabytes of data now waiting to be deciphered but his team do have at least preliminary insights into the big question of how the ice in the arctic is changing but. it was very interesting to see that when we came onto the ice flow in october the ice was only 30 to 50 centimeters thick. and over the course of the winter over the following 5 or 6 months it grew to almost 2 metres and that miss that is it almost. drupal that's a very important discovery. until now research is new only even the surface of the ice has been shrinking as seen by satellite suspiciously well during the summer over the last 4 decades that surfaces almost tom fitton size. satellites cannot measure however is the thickness of the ice. what we've now seen is that at the start of the season at the end of the summer. the ice was much thinner than it had been 30 years ago the last time we measured ice in the syberia an arctic. ocean artist. what surprised us is how thick the

system then only these small round grainy crystals develop across time and record with christian haas expects the arctic ocean to become more turbulent making it impossible for long column shaped ice crystals to form properly that will bring changes to the arctic ocean granular ice could then become more prevalent another insight into the workings of the arctic. the tiny crystals remind us that large structures are made up of small parts from the earth or the universe on the one hand to atoms on the other everything is important and has a role to play a tiny and fascinating well that's a crucial element in the still mighty takhisis that covers the arctic. what is red white and black do you have a science question you've always wanted answered we're happy to help out send it in and if we answer it on the show you'll get a little surprise as a thank you come on just awesome. stories from the world of science go to our website or find us on twitter and d w underscore science. money someday wants to know want our genes. genes are found in most of the cells in our body. a gene is made up o

haas no answer for his favorite bible verse. he just didn't even know what it was? a man who said, i have never needed to ask god for forgiveness? does that sound like a christian to you? down any christian who has ever said that about himself? even jesus asked god for forgiveness. the man who you must examine through the lens of what he does -- he gassed protesters for a photo op with a bible. he put kids in cams because he liked the message of harshness. and now he wants to talk about vote for me, i'm the christian? listen, let's talk about this from a reporting perspective with one of our best. i'm only saying that not to hurt everybody else's feelings. dana bash joins us right now. good to see you. i am glad that the family is healthy. >> thank goodness. >> tell me, what is the play? what is going through his nutcracker that -- go after him about the god thing, faith, devoutness. that's our play. why? >> he started out with the radical left. and that is still the biggest play that they have, accusing joe biden of being part of the radical left. he clearly -- you could kind of see the wheels turning, right? he clearly took that and took it way further than a