1 week Ago By Stephen Chen
On March 1, Beijing officially announced the construction of a deep-sea habitat in these methane-rich “cold seep” zones, where six researchers will live for month-long stretches to study gas hydrates – crystalline formations of methane trapped in ice. With 80 billion tonnes of oil-equivalent reserves – far surpassing the Gulf’s 50 billion-tonne proven oil stocks – these vast hydrate deposits could redefine energy geopolitics. In that way, the deep sea space station is not merely about energy.
“It’s about guarding the oceans,” said Professor Wang Shuhong, a leading marine geologist, in a lecture posted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on social media last month..
