Gas Hydrates

Gas hydrates are a significant potential energy source that occur in ocean floor sediments at water depths greater than 500 meters and beneath Arctic permafrost. The USGS operates a gas hydrates laboratory on its Menlo Park campus. This video features USGS geophysicists Laura Stern and Steve Kirby, who explain how they study and create gas hydrates in their super-cold laboratory. The work in the laboratory is funded by the US Department of Energy and by the USGS Gas Hydrates Project.