Researchers report the discovery, via both Raman scattering experiments in diamond anvil cells and molecular dynamics simulations, of a phase of methane hydrate, in which water molecules arranged ...

Japan has confirmed offshore reserves of methane hydrate--natural gas trapped in frozen deposits--in the Sea of Japan, following earlier discoveries in the Pacific Ocean.

Naturally occurring methane hydrate deposits are potential sources of energy. However, their observation in natural environments remains challenging. Researchers have now developed a one ...

The methane from fire-ice is also believed to have played a role in past climate changes and methane was linked to current ocean warming in the southern hemisphere in 2020. Searching the pockmarks ...

And the fuses are burning. Caps of frozen CO 2 or methane, called hydrates, contain the potent greenhouse gases, keeping them from escaping into the ocean and atmosphere.

Where known methane hydrates can be found. World Ocean Review (data: Wallmann et al), CC BY-NC-SA The good news is that only 3.5% of the world’s hydrate resides in the vulnerable zone, in this ...

An escape route for seafloor methane Leakage from frozen layers was a puzzle, but a new study shows how the potent greenhouse gas breaks through icy barriers Date: November 30, 2020 Source ...

Scientists have devised a new way of extracting methane gas from permafrost gas-hydrates. They say the discovery could increase the amount of methane recovered from these sites, while reducing the ...

Dong-Bin Pan, Xiu-Ping Zhong, Bing Li, Xi-Tong Li, Chen Chen, Experimental investigation into methane production from hydrate-bearing clayey sediment by CO₂/N₂ replacement, Energy Exploration & ...

Burned gas separated from methane hydrate gas is seen on the deep-sea drilling vessel "Chikyu" in the Pacific, off Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in this handout photo taken and released by ...