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What looks like a mini volcano complete with a bubbling centre has drawn international scientists to Hawke’s Bay to study it.
There are four known gas seeps in Hawke’s Bay. This one is in Raukawa Valley, about 30km from the coast and scientists from the US, Chile and Italy joined Hawke’s Bay Regional Council groundwater ...
The research station, which is a deep-sea habitat will be built in methane-rich “cold seep” zones. The interesting part is ...
Methane emissions in Sweden’s Siljan Ring lakes are up to 300 times higher than expected, raising climate concerns.View on ...
Unexpectedly strong methane emissions have been detected at several locations in Lake Siljan, Sweden, according to a new ...
🇨🇳 China is constructing a groundbreaking deep-sea space station 2,000 meters beneath the South China Sea, set to be fully ...
An alien, underwater world could hold the answers to China’s energy security, scientists say, as they work to unlock its ...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — In Uganda’s Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as buveera is creeping beyond the city. It’s a problem ...
Scientists know that streams and rivers can contribute significant quantities of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. One way ...
including the impact of injection of these compounds by methane bubble ebullition and groundwater seepage. Seeps, groundwater, runoff and sediments may all play a role here. We then investigate how ...
The scientists found methane seeps like this one by combining visual surveys, seafloor mapping and chemical sampling for methane at suspected sites—they even traced telltale bubbles using sonar.