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 ...

Methane hydrates are extremely difficult to study, and could either be an important energy source or a source of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 20 times more potent than CO2.

🇨🇳 China is constructing a groundbreaking deep-sea space station 2,000 meters beneath the South China Sea, set to be fully ...

Scientists have made a startling discovery. Vast reservoirs of methane hydrates locked away for millennia are showing signs of instability.” The finding sent ripples of concern throughout the ...

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 ...

"Earth's methane clathrate hydrates, found in the permafrost of Siberia and below the arctic seafloor, are currently destabilizing and releasing methane. "So, lessons from Titan can provide ...