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Scientists Find 'White Hydrogen' Seeping From Billion-Year-Old Canadian Rocks

Geochemists at the University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa have published findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing that naturally produced hydrogen gas is steadily accumulating in and discharging from billion-year-old Precambrian rocks of the Canadian Shield in northern Ontario. Measurements at a mine near Timmins, Ontario found more than 140 metric tons of hydrogen released annually from a single site, enough to supply power for hundreds of homes. The discovery could point to a significant new source of clean energy.