Ibizwa nge-fire ice: i-methane hydrate, igesi yemvelo elele eNingizimu ye-Carolina, uphethiloli okuvunywe kabanzi ukuthi uqhuba umkhankaso wokuvula ulwandle olujulile nolwandle ukuze kuhlolwe uwoyela negesi yemvelo. Ukuntengantenga kwegesi - ngaphezu kwanoma yikuphi ukuhlolwa okuvamile kokuzamazama komhlaba. noma ukumba okuhlolayo - kuyabethusa ngempela abalondolozi bemvelo kanye nososayensi abathile. Lokhu kungase kube ibhomu elilinde ukuqhuma. “Uma sikulandela, kungcono siqaphele,” kusho uRichard Charter, uzakwabo omkhulu e-Ocean Foundation, ongummeli wezokongiwa kolwandle ongenzi nzuzo. Indaba Egcwele.