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Researchers discover a marine canyon full of methane hydrates

Canada may have another energy resource, thanks to a discovery made by UVic geophysicist Dr. Ross Chapman and the crew of Canadian Coast Guard ship John P. Tully. They travelled to Barkley Canyon, just off Ucluelet, last month where they found the largest amount of methane hydrates ever discovered on the seafloor off Canada. more

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