The race is on: Get methane before it gets us

GreenBang
By Staff

The race is on to get one vast, untapped source of energy before it gets us: methane hydrates.

An ice-like compound of methane trapped within the crystalline structure of frozen water, methane hydrates are found in sediments on the ocean floor, deep under Antarctic ice and below the Arctic permafrost. Globally, methane hydrates could hold twice as much carbon as all the other known fossil fuels on the planet, according to the US Geological Survey.

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