中国地质部门在青藏高原发现了一种名为可燃冰（又称天然气水合物）的环保新能源，预计十年左右能投入使用。这是中国首次在陆域上发现可燃冰，使中国成为加拿大、美国之后，在陆域上通过国家计划钻探发现可燃冰的第三个国家。初略的估算，远景资源量 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Philippe Gerber / Getty Images Trees are made of wood, so it’s safe to assume that, to some extent, they are flammable—but some ...

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