Canadian scientists uncover massive natural hydrogen source deep beneath Earth’s surface
University of Toronto geochemist Barbara Sherwood Lollar led a team that mapped vast quantities of naturally occurring white hydrogen trapped kilometers beneath Earth’s surface in Canada, South Africa and Scandinavia.
The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, documented sustained hydrogen release from billion-year-old rocks in the Canadian Shield near Timmins, Ontario.
Individual boreholes release an average of 0.008 tonnes of hydrogen annually, with the site’s nearly 15,000 boreholes estimated to produce over 140 tonnes per year.
Sherwood Lollar noted the discovery provides a “made in Canada” clean energy resource that could support local industry and reduce dependence on imported hydrocarbon fuels.
Sherwood Lollar observed that if Earth’s oldest rocks produce such hydrogen, similar processes might be occurring on Mars, reshaping understanding of where life could exist.
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