At first glance, this frozen lake looks like it's full of neatly stacked UFOs hovering beneath the ice. What you're actually seeing is methane gas released by bacteria as they decompose organic matter ...
Hovering blue flames that flicker over bogs and marshes have inspired ghostly folktales for centuries. Known as “will-o’-the-wisp,” “jack-o’-lantern,” “corpse candle” and “ignis fatuus” (“foolish fire ...
European scientists were alarmed in 2008 when they discovered streams of methane bubbles erupting from the seafloor in Norway's high Arctic. This... Arctic Methane Bubbles Not As Foreboding As Once ...
Climate change in the Arctic may not just produce the fabled Northwest Passage; it may also release the vast stores of methane frozen in its tundra and lakes. If you're enjoying this article, consider ...