He thinks the liberation of methane stored at the bottom of the ocean in structures called clathrates is the most likely culprit. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The methane released today could be produced currently, or it could be ancient methane trapped in ice 'cages' called clathrates or as gas below a sub-surface ice layer. credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio source: svs. gsfc.nasa.gov ❋ Unknown (2010)
The methane released today could be produced currently, or it could be ancient methane trapped in ice 'cages' called clathrates or as gas below a sub-surface ice layer. credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific ❋ Unknown (2010)
This ice, known as clathrates, or methane hydrates, consists of a cage of water molecules surrounding individual molecules of methane, and it exists under conditions of low temperature and high pressure. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Although there is no evidence of active volcanism on Mars today, ancient methane trapped in ice cages called clathrates might be released now. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Although we don't have evidence on Mars of active volcanoes today, ancient methane trapped in ice "cages" called clathrates might now be released. ❋ Unknown (2009)
These ices, called clathrates, contain 3,000 times as much methane as is in the atmosphere. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Pressurized methane in tiny ice crystals known as "clathrates" could be released by a warming of the ocean that melts the ice crystals. ❋ Unknown (2009)
'cages' called clathrates or as gas below a sub-surface ice layer. credit: NASA/Goddard Space ❋ Unknown (2010)
(Such "clathrates," as the cages are known, are responsible for the icy slush that clogged an attempt at capping the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.) ❋ Unknown (2010)
Gas hydrates, also known as "clathrates," form when methane gas from the decomposition of organic material comes into contact with water at low temperatures and high pressures. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Although there is no evidence of currently active Martian volcanoes, ancient methane trapped in ice "cages" called clathrates might now be released. " ❋ Unknown (2009)
In fact, I believe such a scenario would be the most likely result of any attempt to harvest from clathrates. ❋ Unknown (2010)
So, even if we get enough warming to release the clathrates, it will be someone else who pays the price. ❋ Unknown (2010)
These include inadequacy for some phenomena (e.g. methane clathrates, ice sheet dynamics, …) and model uncertainty as some processes are poorly captured (e.g. ENSO, the diurnal cycle of tropical precipitation, …). ❋ Unknown (2010)
