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Undersea Deposit of Frozen Methane Gas Discovered
Jan 31 2006, Irani

It is discovered just off the Southern California coast. But whether the astonishing finding - an undersea deposit of frozen methane — can be harnessed as a potential energy source is unknown. There has been a growing interest in tapping methane...

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