Articles for tag: Clean Energy, Decarbonization, Geochemistry, hydrogen, sustainable energy, U.S. Hydrogen Sites

Hydrogen Goldmine? Earth May Hold 170,000 Years of Clean Energy Potential

Jan Otte

Under our feet, a sea of untapped energy is potentially waiting for one that could fuel human civilization for 170,000 years without the carbon footprint of fossil fuels. Scientists now think that the Earth’s crust contains enormous reservoirs of natural hydrogen, a gas that burns clean and could change energy production. The catch? Locating where ...

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4.16 Billion-Year Canadian Rocks Reveal Earth’s Earliest Secrets

Suhail Ahmed

A stretch of streaked grey rock in a remote, windy part of northern Quebec has sparked one of geology’s most heated debates. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt (NGB) is a rough outcrop on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay. It may have the oldest intact rocks on Earth, dating back an incredible 4.16 billion years14. If ...