在大洋这座巨大的资源宝库中蕴藏着丰富的石油、天然气、铁锰结核、富钴结壳、热液硫化物、磷块岩等潜在资源。最近还在海洋中发现一种新的潜在能源——天然气体水合物(也称固态甲烷)。人们预测下个世纪将是海洋开发时代,人类将从海洋中获取大量矿产资源。 In the huge resource treasure of the ocean, there are many potential resources such as petroleum, natural gas, ferromanganese nodules, cobalt-rich crusts, hydrothermal sulfides and phosphorous lumps. Recently a new potential energy was discovered in the ocean - natural gas hydrate (also known as solid methane). It is predicted that the next century will be the era of ocean development, and mankind will acquire a large amount of mineral resources from the oceans.