甲烷水合物(可燃冰)这个术语大多数人都不熟悉,但是在能源部门,它越来越为人们所关注。有些人认为,以水合物形式存在的甲烷——冰包裹着的甲烷——作为能源,足够全世界使用几百、甚至几千年。在低温高压环境中生成的甲烷水合物,多见于海底沉积物和北极地区永久冻土中。它们分散 The term methane hydrate (flammable ice) is unfamiliar to most people, but in the energy sector it is becoming more and more of a concern. Some people think that the presence of methane in the form of hydrates—ice-wrapped methane—as an energy source is enough for the world to use for hundreds or even thousands of years. Methane hydrates produced in low temperature and high pressure environments are more common in seabed sediments and permafrost in the Arctic. They are scattered