Flashes of microlightning between microscopic bubbles of methane in water may ignite the eerie blue flames of will-o’-the wisps, new research suggests.

Scientists solved the mystery of will-o'-the-wisps by discovering that methane bubbles in marshes create lightning sparks ...

Wisp and how this mysterious phenomenon, which has inspired faerie folklore, may actually be bursts of methane gas.

Although bubbles on the ocean floor usually indicate hydrothermal vents teeming with life, this spring stands apart.

Scientists found patches on the Antarctic seafloor called "seeps" where fluid and gas move up through sediments and into the ...

Researchers have discovered dozens of new methane seeps littering the ocean floor in the Ross Sea coastal region of ...

In doing so, moreover, he may also have stumbled across part of the answer to a far bigger mystery: the origin of life on Earth. Water, en masse, has no electric charge. But droplets of it do.

The ground is made up of both ice and frozen soil called permafrost. The ground is made up of both ice and frozen soil called permafrost. As the permafrost thaws, the ground sinks and floods. The ice ...

European scientists were alarmed in 2008 when they discovered streams of methane bubbles erupting from the seafloor in Norway's high Arctic. This... Arctic Methane Bubbles Not As Foreboding As Once ...

They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their appetites be harnessed to slow climate change?

Climate change in the Arctic may not just produce the fabled Northwest Passage; it may also release the vast stores of methane frozen in its tundra and lakes. If you're enjoying this article, consider ...