News tagged with hydrates
A Drop in the Bucket
A new technique is being developed to detect water in the protoplanetary disks of other solar systems. If successful, it would help in our understanding of how habitable planets form.
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Natural gas supplies could be augmented with methane hydrate
Naturally occurring methane hydrate may represent an enormous source of methane, the main component of natural gas, and could ultimately augment conventional natural gas supplies, says a new congressionally mandated report ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 29, 2010 |
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A closer look at the Hudson Canyon shows why the canyon is critical for fish
A series of newly discovered pits in the bottom of the Hudson Canyon, 100 miles southeast of New York Harbor, may be a key ingredient for the abundant and diverse marine ecosystem in and around the canyon, according to research ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 01, 2009 |
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International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic
Scientists from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Geology and Geophysics sections of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) organized and led a team of university and government scientists on an Arctic expedition ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2009 |
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New NIST database on gas hydrates to aid energy and climate research
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a free, online collection of data on the properties of gas hydrates, naturally occurring crystalline materials that are a potential energy resource and also ...
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Methane gas likely spewing into the oceans through vents in sea floor (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists worry that rising global temperatures accompanied by melting permafrost in arctic regions will initiate the release of underground methane into the atmosphere. Once released, that ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Warming ocean contributes to global warming
The warming of an Arctic current over the last 30 years has triggered the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from methane hydrate stored in the sediment beneath the seabed.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Mystery mechanism drove global warming 55 million years ago
A runaway spurt of global warming 55 million years ago turned Earth into a hothouse but how this happened remains worryingly unclear, scientists said on Monday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Cousin of the 'ice that burns' emerges as greener new way to fight fires
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Japan are reporting development of a new type of ice that may provide a more efficient, environmentally-friendly method for putting out fires, including out-of control blazes ...
Apr 23, 2009 |
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'Ice that burns' may yield clean, sustainable bridge to global energy future
In the future, natural gas derived from chunks of ice that workers collect from beneath the ocean floor and beneath the arctic permafrost may fuel cars, heat homes, and power factories. Government researchers ...
Mar 23, 2009 |
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