BRIGHT FUTURE. During the Mallik 2002 production test in the Canadian Arctic, an international team of scientists pumped hot water down a well to melt gas hydrates buried deep in the permafrost. The process released methane that fueled a flame rising out of a tower.
Credit: Courtesy of Geological Survey of Canada
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