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Large Methane Hydrate Accumulation Under Antarctica
September 21, 2012 | University of California Santa Cruz

Researchers have found evidence of a large accumulation of methane hydrate trapped under Antarctic ice. There could be as much methane under Antarctic as their is under North Slope permafrost.


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