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Methane-choked lake ignites, setting the air above it on fire
The image is surreal: a frozen lake, a scientist kneeling on the ice, and then a sheet of flame racing across the surface as ...
Sparks between microscopic bubbles could explain the ghostly, glowing will-o’-the-wisps, study finds
Hovering blue flames that flicker over bogs and marshes have inspired ghostly folktales for centuries. Known as “will-o’-the-wisp,” “jack-o’-lantern,” “corpse candle” and “ignis fatuus” (“foolish fire ...
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Methane chasers: Hunting a climate-changing gas seeping from Earth’s seafloor
They’ve been called “bubble chasers,” and “seep seekers,” though they sometimes call themselves “flare hunters.” They’re a ...
Deep beneath the Arctic permafrost and ocean sediments, a massive reservoir of methane, often referred to as a “time bomb,” poses a significant threat to our climate. This potential for rapid release ...
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly as ...
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