Sentences with phrase «marine hydrate deposits»
Current marine hydrate deposits depend on the current configuration.
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Not the least of the challenges is that marine hydrate deposits are located in ocean mud up to a kilometer below the seafloor.
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Given the vastness of the world's marine methane hydrate deposits — more than twice the carbon reserves of all other fossil fuels combined — it's not surprising that government agencies and the petroleum and natural gas industries have long been interested in harvesting this new energy supply.
It seems quite likely that continued global warming will increase the emissions of methane from permafrost deposits and marine hydrates.
The consortium will coordinate scientific input and develop plans for future marine hydrate expeditions to conduct research drilling, recovering samples of the formation, logging and analytical activities to assess the geologic occurrence, regional context, and characteristics of methane hydrate deposits along the continental margins of the United States, likely focusing on the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic margin.