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Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse Tandon Researchers Discover How Deep-Sea Worms Help Keep Natural Gases on Ice
Researchers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering discovered that this natural ecosystem involving feather duster worms (Sabellidae, Annelida) and both heat-generating and heat-absorbing bacteria (Archaea) that consume methane enclathrated — or locked into a crystalline structure — by hydrates in deep marine environments play a key role in maintaining equilibrium that keeps hydrates frozen.