Methane hydrate clogs pipelines, is difficult to extract profitably, and exists in quantities sufficient to screw up Earth’s climate. Brett Thornton and Christian Stranne consider this confounding cage compound.
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Thornton, B.F., Stranne, C. Flammable ice of profit and doom. Nat. Chem. 15, 294 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-022-01132-7
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