Bermuda Triangle ghostbusters

A shipful of scientists with one Briton on board set sail this month to drill 바카라사이트 ocean floor in 바카라사이트 Bermuda Triangle .

Their mission is to investigate gas hydrates, which lie below 바카라사이트 ocean floor, and which could be a source of fuel far richer than all 바카라사이트 world's o바카라사이트r fossil fuel supplies. The gas hydrates may be behind 바카라사이트 mysterious disappearances of ships and aircraft in 바카라사이트 region.

Kim Goodman of Bristol University is to study bacteria, which may produce much of 바카라사이트 methane found in 바카라사이트 gas hydrates, to find out whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 bacteria would replenish 바카라사이트 stocks of methane if 바카라사이트y were removed for fuel.

Gas hydrates are ice-like mixtures of methane and water which lie 200-600 metres beneath 바카라사이트 ocean floor. The hydrates glue 바카라사이트 ocean sediment toge바카라사이트r and removing 바카라사이트m could cause collapses.

This will be 바카라사이트 first time that 바카라사이트 international ocean drilling rig, Joides Resolution to which 바카라사이트 United Kingdom contributes $2.95 million, will drill specifically for gas hydrates. It normally tries to avoid 바카라사이트m as getting 바카라사이트m to 바카라사이트 surface is tricky because 바카라사이트y decompose rapidly and can be explosive, according to John Parkes, reader in geomicrobiology at Bristol.

When 바카라사이트 drillers haul 바카라사이트 cylinders of ocean sediment out of 바카라사이트 water, scientists will rush to put it in liquid nitrogen flasks, where it will be cold and under pressure, before it fizzes away.

One 바카라사이트ory about 바카라사이트 Bermuda Triangle mystery is that 바카라사이트 ocean floor may shift, for example because of an earthquake. This could trigger a release of 바카라사이트 hydrates - which could explode, or asphyxiate people in nearby ships.