Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ka hau ahi: methane hydrate, ke kinoea maoli e waiho ana ma South Carolina, ka wahie i ʻike nui ʻia e hoʻolalelale i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e wehe i ka moana hohonu ma waho o ke kai i ka ʻimi ʻaila a me ke kinoea kūlohelohe. a i ʻole ka ʻeli ʻimi ʻana - makaʻu maoli ka poʻe conservationists a me kekahi poʻe ʻepekema. He pōkā paha kēia mea e kali ana e lele. "Inā mākou e ʻimi nei, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka makaʻala," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Richard Charter, ka mea kiʻekiʻe ma ka Ocean Foundation, kahi kākoʻo mālama mālama kai ʻole. Moolelo piha.