Lurking at the bottom of the ocean is a ticking time bomb of potential climate disaster. This would-be catastrophe is fire-ice, the oxymoronic compound frozen deep under the ocean floor. As the oceans ...

New research has shown that fire-ice—frozen methane which is trapped as a solid under our oceans—is vulnerable to melting due to climate change and could be released into the sea. An international ...

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Why it's incredible: The entire gas crater has been on fire for more than 50 years. The "Gates of Hell," also known as the Darvaza gas crater after a nearby village, is a methane- and fire-filled ...

Grant Douglas pauses while evacuating as the Park Fire jumps Highway 36 near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, California, on July 26, 2024. The ongoing Park Fire north of Chico is California's largest ...

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The image is surreal: a frozen lake, a scientist kneeling on the ice, and then a sheet of flame racing across the surface as trapped gas turns the air itself into fuel. What looks like a stunt is in ...

In one of the most important state environmental decisions this year, California air regulators adopted new rules designed to reduce methane leaks and better respond to disastrous underground fires at ...