Discovery of Buried Hydrogen: A Potential Game-ChangerEarlier this year, Professor Jacques Pironon and his team, while on a quest for methane in the Lorraine Basin, northeast France, stumbled upon an unexpected treasure – a vast deposit of hydrogen lurking around 3,000 meters underground."It is what we call serendipity," says Prof Pironon, research director at France's Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) at the University of Lorraine.Not long ago, such a discovery might have been confined to academic interest, but in today's context, it sparks excitement.Hydrogen is gaining recognition as a potential key player in achieving a net-zero global economy, as it does not produce CO2 when used as a fuel or in industrial processes.However, the major drawback is that the current methods of hydrogen production are not environmentally friendly. According to the Carbon Trust, less than 1% of global hydrogen production is emission-free.Various types of hydrogen exist, includin...