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    Lasers and Bubbles: Solving the Arctic’s Methane Puzzle

    by Emily Fischer Trudging through snow up to their thighs, researchers Nicholas Hasson and Phil Hanke pull 200 pounds of equipment through boreal terrain near Fairbanks, Alaska. Once they reach their destination – a frozen, collapsing lake — they drill through two feet of ice to access frigid water containing copious amounts of methane. Hasson …

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