Sentences with phrase «cages of frozen water»

Methane, the carbon - hydrogen compound that is the main component of natural gas and cow flatulence, gets trapped inside crystalline cages of frozen water in the muddy ocean bottom.

The methane release happens because the gas is freed from melting hydrates — an icy substance found below the ocean floor, containing methane in a cage of frozen water.

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When hydrates were first discovered at the beginning of the 19th century, their weird structure made them little more than curiosities in a chemist's lab: cage - like structures of frozen water...

This glowing ledge showed that the mound contained methane hydrate, a lattice of frozen water that traps methane gas molecules within its icy cages.

2015 photograph of USDA - licensed Purple Heart Kennel in Iowa, which showed water bowls frozen over and filthy cages

Leaving a bottle of frozen water in the cage and wetting down the rabbit's ears during hot weather will help keep him cool.