A dozen teenagers heave on a skinny line of paracord stretched tight over the edge of a boardwalk in the center of Bethel. At the other end of the line, the rusted hulk of a Honda dirt bike dangles from a small grappling hook. Finally, the group’s efforts pay off and the dirt bike crashes […]
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Deep in the ocean, a community of creatures, including tube worms and mussels, relies on methane for energy. Too far from the sun to directly benefit from photosynthesis, these animals inhabit methane seeps, which are areas where methane bubbles from rocks into ocean water. “We’re comparing methane seeps on the continental margins of Southern California […]
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