“A first-of-its-kind map of the United States has revealed the likely locations of huge, naturally occurring hydrogen reserves.

The map, which you can explore here, is the first to show prospective locations for hydrogen on such a huge scale, marking areas where hydrogen gas may be lurking beneath the surface in quantities large enough to extract.

The researchers who created the map already suspected there could be more hydrogen buried in Earth’s crust than scientists previously thought. But now that the results are out, even the team that created the map can’t quite believe their eyes, according to a statement.

‘For decades, the conventional wisdom was that naturally occurring hydrogen did not accumulate in sufficient quantities to be used for energy purposes,’ Sarah Ryker, associate director for energy and mineral resources at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), who did not participate in the research, said in the statement. ‘This map is tantalizing because it shows that several parts of the U.S. could have a subsurface hydrogen resource after all.'”

From Live Science.