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A global view of areas where methane hydrates are believed to reside among seafloor sediments and within permafrost.


A global view of areas where methane hydrates are believed to reside among seafloor sediments and within permafrost. Methane hydrates are a promising natural resource because they are clean burning source of fuel and contain 160 more times the energy than an equal volume of pure methane gas.


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