Clathrates

chemical substance consisting of a lattice that traps or contains molecules

hypothesis that climate change can trigger a release of methane buried in seabeds which leads to runaway warming

chemical compound

Chibaite is a rare silicate mineral. It is a silica clathrate with formula (n = 3/17 (max)). The mineral is cubic (diploidal class, m) and the silica hosts or traps various hydrocarbon molecules, such as methane, ethane, propane and isobutane.