A new discovery of methane leaks in Antarctica could be a game-changer and potential near-term threat that’s difficult to ...

Methane hydrates occur in five geographic settings (or sectors) that must be individually evaluated to determine their susceptibility to warming climate (Figure 1). The percentages assigned to ...

Fire-ice is a frozen form of methane hydrate, a natural gas. As Wired explained, "Under sufficiently low temperatures and high pressure, methane gas and liquid water freeze together under the ...

effectively creating methane hydrates (pictured at the right). This makes the methane much more transportable. Their method uses a material, made out of a mixture of silica and water, that can can ...

Learn more about the National Academies’ various programs designed to connect, engage, and inspire. The NETL Methane Hydrates Program is a Research Fellowship Program designed to support the ...

DOE and the industry are trying to figure out how to tap the largest one of all—the methane hydrates that lie frozen under vast areas of seafloor and Arctic permafrost. Worldwide, hydrates may ...

China has revealed plans to construct a deep-sea research facility at a depth of 6,000 feet beneath the South China Sea, a move that could significantly advance marine exploration, resource extraction ...

Methane hydrate is a mysterious, carbon-rich substance with the potential to shape the energy and landscape. But getting samples isn't easy. A UT-led mission funded by a $100-million Department of ...

Scientists from the Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory of Tomsk Polytechnic University have proposed a new effective method of ...