methane hydrate

Top Tweets
Indigenous Amazon land management
petrochemicals Texas
Europe struggles with energy transition
Harris shifts stance, backs domestic oil expansion amid fracking debate
Newsletter
submarine permafrost burping methane

Underwater permafrost is a big, gassy wild card for the climate

You’ve probably heard of permafrost, the frozen carbon-rich land. But it’s also thawing under the sea, burping up planet-warming gases.
Newsletter
Chasing the methane dragon that lurks in the deep sea

Chasing the methane dragon that lurks in the deep sea

We went into the depths of the ocean with a scientist seeking to understand how frozen gas deposits might respond in a rapidly warming world.
Newsletter
Why ‘flammable ice’ could be the future of energy

Why ‘flammable ice’ could be the future of energy

Last year, Japan succeeded in extracting an untapped fuel from its ocean floor – methane hydrate, or flammable ice.

Newsletter
Fire and ice: The untapped fossil fuel that could save or ruin our climate
www.dw.com

Fire and ice: The untapped fossil fuel that could save or ruin our climate

Methane hydrate buried below permafrost and the ocean floor could meet the world’s energy needs for 100 years – but would extracting it be catastrophic for the climate?
ORIGINAL REPORTING
MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE