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 ...

Researchers at NETL, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, are helping develop a visualization tool for methane, the main component of natural gas, that could aid in safer removals of ...

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.

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 ...

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

An alien, underwater world could hold the answers to China’s energy security, scientists say, as they work to unlock its ...

which are home to unique marine life and vast deposits of methane hydrates. Research will focus on methane fluxes, biodiversity, tectonic activity, and energy exploration. Scientists will track ...

The craters, now appearing on both Yamal and the adjacent Gydan Peninsula, reveal a unique geophysical process: as Arctic ...