A Titanic Ocean At first glance, one might think that Titan's methane would be easier to understand: the moon formed in the subnebula of Saturn, whose atmosphere
contains huge amounts of the gas.
Not exact matches
They are associated with temporal changes in dissociation
of gas hydrates - the icy substance that
contains huge amounts of methane.
They are associated with temporal changes in dissociation
of gas hydrates — the icy substance that
contains huge amounts of methane.
Gas hydrates contain huge amount of methane gas, and it is destabilization of these that is believed to have caused the craters on the Yamal Peninsu
Gas hydrates
contain huge amount of methane
gas, and it is destabilization of these that is believed to have caused the craters on the Yamal Peninsu
gas, and it is destabilization
of these that is believed to have caused the craters on the Yamal Peninsula.
This matters because there is a
huge amount of carbon currently locked up in permafrost, and the methane hydrates alone
contain more carbon than all
of Earth's proven reserves
of coal, oil, and natural
gas combined.