A methane leak in the South China Sea formed a plume over 1km high; but bacteria and worms built a 'worm bed' within two years shocking scientists and theories

• There is a vast amount of methane trapped beneath the seafloor, across the planet.
• If it were to be released, the results could be potentially catastrophic for all forms of life.
• This is why finding out how ecosystems respond to methane leaks is important to ocean scientists.