As temperatures rise or pressure rates fall, the hydrate disintegrates and the water releases the gas.

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It includes a detoxifying body wrap and facial mask of thermal mud to exfoliate and hydrate.

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So, it can help hydrate both plants and people in desert regions around the world.

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Unlike normal ice, hydrate ice literally burns--light a match and it goes up in flames.

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"It is the world's first offshore experiment producing gas from methane hydrate, " an official from the economy, trade and industry ministry told the AFP news agency.

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Other countries, including the US and Canada, are also conducting research on methane hydrate, which experts say is at least twice as plentiful as all known reserves of natural gas.

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"You try to hydrate, you try to catch it as best you can, and as soon as you can, " Granderson said.

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