Pressure cores of methane hydrate. Scientists collected the cores during a 2023 mission led by The University of Texas at Austin.The cores are now kept in a special lab at the UT Austin Jackson School ...

Scientists found patches on the Antarctic seafloor called "seeps" where fluid and gas move up through sediments and into the ...

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

One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic seafloor, ...

If you have ever cooked on a gas stove or seen a flame flicker to life with the turn of a knob, you have seen natural gas in action. Supplying that energy at scale, however, is far more complicated.

"What If We Never Run Out of Oil?," Charles C. Mann's May 2013 Atlantic cover story, weighs the potential impact of a vast, untapped reserve of natural energy under the sea: methane hydrate. What is ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese energy explorer said on Tuesday it extracted gas from offshore methane hydrate deposits for the first time in the world, as part of an attempt to achieve commercial ...

Methane hydrate has garnered considerable research attention owing to its potential as an energy source. Now, researchers from Japan use one-dimensional model-based numerical simulations to understand ...

Past research in the Arctic has identified tens of thousands of methane seeps -- many of them linked to climate change impacts and the degradation of cryospheric caps, such as glacial ice, permafrost ...