An international team of researchers has found bacterial communities within microscopic spheroidal aggregates of dolomite, oil and water found in sheets of frozen methane and ice, known as ‘flammable ice,’ in Joetsu Basin, Japan Sea. Epifluorescence imagery of a tiny grain within methane hydrate showing internal presence of microbial DNA. Image credit: Snyder et al, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-58723-y. “We’re melting hydrate to study methane gas...
