THE oceans are playing tricks on us, it seems. In a bizarre twist of nature,
the sea can suddenly, without warning, become lighter than air. Boats that
normally float sink like a stone and are consigned to the seabed within
minutes.
It sounds like a fisherman’s worst nightmare. But it could be true.
Scientists have just sailed out into the North Sea and found evidence that this
may have been the fate of a least one unlucky trawler. And I was there to
witness their detective work at first hand.
Methane gas is the culprit. Organic matter deep under the…
