Contact: Daniel Parry
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Naval Research Laboratory

Burning Methane Hydrate

Caption: Having the potential to provide a clean and abundant fuel alternative, deposits of methane hydrates -- frozen mixtures of hydrocarbon gas (mostly methane) and water -- occur over large areas of the ocean floor.

Credit: US Geological Society

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