Sentences with phrase «gas hydrate becoming»

«We should see gas hydrate becoming a meaningful and environmentally friendly resource in the next century,» Sassen says.

Despite the rising sea level and therefore increasing pressure, the simulation showed that towards the end of the ice age large amounts of gas hydrate became unstable and the released gas escaped through the sediment to the seawater.

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One hypothesis for the slide was that an earthquake caused the methane hydrates in the region to become unstable and to explosively release their gas.

In March, Japan became the first country to successfully extract methane from frozen undersea deposits called gas hydrates.

In areas of rapid gas hydrate formation, surrounding pore waters can become very saline, and surpass the point of gas hydrate - free gas equilibrium.

Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide, and it is thought that some gas hydrate deposits could become unstable if disturbed.