When two scientists went looking for fossil fuels beneath the ground of northeastern France, they did not expect to discover something which could supercharge the effort to tackle the climate crisis.
Jacques Pironon and Phillipe De Donato, both directors of research at France’s National Centre of Scientific Research, were using a “world first” specialized probe, able to analyze gases dissolved in the water of rock formations deep underground.
As the probe went deeper, the concentration of hydrogen ticked up. At 1,100 meters down it was 14%, at 1,250 meters it was 20%.
That could make it one of the largest deposits of “white hydrogen” ever discovered, Pironon said. The find has helped fuel an already feverish interest in the gas.
When hydrogen burns, it puts off water, making it a climate friendly source of fuel. (CNN)
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