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 ...

Beijing: China has approved the establishment of a deep-sea research center after years of debate and technical review. It is ...

China has revealed plans to construct a deep-sea research facility at a depth of 6,000 feet beneath the South China Sea, a ...

Methane clathrate, also known as methane hydrate, is a solid compound with a high amount of methane trapped within water, producing a substance that is similar to ice. The researchers compared 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Resource-starved Japan is looking to methane hydrate as a new energy form. Large reserves of methane hydrate have been confirmed in the seas around Japan, but methane hydrate does not flow under its ...

China plans a 6,000-foot-deep ocean base, blending research with military and energy ambitions. This move fuels global ...

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