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IMAGE: Using Sandia National Laboratories longstanding expertise in probabi­listic modeling and machine learning algorithms from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, the researchers determined the probabil­ity of finding methane hydrate off the.
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Credit: Image courtesy of William Eymold/Sandia National Laboratories
RALEIGH, N.C. Methane hydrate, an ice-like material made of compressed natural gas, burns when lit and can be found in some regions of the seafloor and in Arctic permafrost.
Thought to be the world s largest source of natural gas, methane hydrate is a potential fuel source, and if it melts and methane gas is released into the atmosphere, it is a potent greenhouse gas. For these reasons, knowing where methane hydrate might be located, and how much is likely there, is important. ....

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