The Research Facility of Cold-seep Ecosystems, led by the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is scheduled for completion within five years.

The facility will provide support for the study of the development of cold seeps ecosystems, chemotrophic biological succession, methane phase evolution, and their environmental effects.

"Cold seeps hold keys to understanding Earth's carbon cycle, life in extreme environments, and the safe extraction of resources like methane hydrates," said Li Chaolun, director of the South China ...

The research facility of cold-seep ecosystem, a megaproject whose launch was recently announced in South China's Guangdong Province, aims to deepen humanity's understanding of deep-sea science by ...

A cold seep is a region on the ocean floor where hydrogen sulfide, methane and other hydrocarbon-rich fluid seep out. These areas are a birthplace for life that can thrive under extreme conditions.

This new species of annelid worm was found in deep sea sediments near methane seeps off the Pacific coast of central America. Anguillosyllis have an interesting evolutionary placement within Syllidae ...

He added DOE would support research on methane mitigation and turning natural gas into products such as hydrogen and plastics. DOE also has brought back officials from Trump’s first term who ...

Antarctica's ice sheets are massive amounts of ice, kilometres thick, that sit on the continent's bedrock. As the ice sheets ...

This high-tech facility will study cold seep ecosystems, monitor methane emissions, explore energy resources, and track tectonic activity, addressing major challenges like climate change and energy.

Seemingly unaware of the film Deep Blue Sea and countless B-movie tropes, China is set to build a new deep-sea laboratory that will be crewed by a team of resident scientists. In a recent announcement ...

Ten kilometers off Mityana road, down a dusty, unmarked path, The Observer team made its way to the Buyala landfill, a site ...

While methane is already known to be a major driver ... This process is not just a gradual seepage—in some cases, it results in large, concentrated emissions that could enter the atmosphere ...