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- noun Plural form of
clathrate .
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He thinks the liberation of methane stored at the bottom of the ocean in structures called clathrates is the most likely culprit.
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He thinks the liberation of methane stored at the bottom of the ocean in structures called clathrates is the most likely culprit.
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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
WN.com - Articles related to Report on controlling NASA mission costs 2010
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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.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2010
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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.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2010
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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
WN.com - Articles related to Report on controlling NASA mission costs 2010
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Although there is no evidence of active volcanism on Mars today, ancient methane trapped in ice cages called clathrates might be released now.
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Although we don't have evidence on Mars of active volcanoes today, ancient methane trapped in ice "cages" called clathrates might now be released.
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These ices, called clathrates, contain 3,000 times as much methane as is in the atmosphere.
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Pressurized methane in tiny ice crystals known as "clathrates" could be released by a warming of the ocean that melts the ice crystals.
Mike Sandler: Copenhagen Meets 2012 With Purple Oceans and Green Skies 2009
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