The explanation for the mysterious giant craters in Siberia

According to an American scientist, large amounts of methane released into the Siberia atmosphere may be related to large craters that appear mysteriously here.

>>>Explain the cause of a mysterious giant crater in Siberia

The International Business Times quoted Dr Jason Box, a glacier researcher at the Danish Geological Survey and Greenland, who said he has focused on increasing the level of methane on the landscape surface to explain. the formation of giant craters.

According to information posted on Dr. Box's blog, the appearance of these craters is linked to climate change: the Siberian permafrost is melting, allowing greenhouse gases to escape, creating so big holes.

Using data from a ground-based climate monitoring station in Tiksi, a small town in the Sakha Republic on the Arctic Ocean, Dr. Box discovered abnormally high levels of methane. Moreover, his observations are further reinforced by similar data at monitoring stations in Alaska and Canada.

Dr. Box calls these methane mutations a "dragon breath".

The giant crater appears mysteriously in Siberia.(Photo: ibtimes.co.uk)

So far, a total of 3 large craters have been discovered. The first hole, 80m wide, was found about 2,900km east of Moscow, on a permafrost of the Yamal Peninsula - the name of the area translated to mean "the end of the world " .

Another hole with a diameter of 15m is also found in Yamal, the permafrost of northern Russia, about 40 km from Bovanenkovo ​​- the country's largest gas field.

The third crater 4m in diameter, was discovered hundreds of kilometers east of Taymyr peninsula.

According to Andrey Plekhanov, a researcher at the Russian Center for the Study of Arctic Studies, these craters have appeared within the past 24 months.

"We can be sure that the craters have only appeared quite recently, perhaps about a year or two ago."

Methane is what remains after an event that occurred about 50 million years ago, when the fern species developed extremely strong to create our world today. The explosion of ferns sucked carbon dioxide out of the air and replaced it with oxygen.

But climate change can reverse this process. Methane is trapped under the permafrost that is melting in Siberia that is being released into the atmosphere.

"Studies on climate physics and recent observations have told me that, if we don't lower the carbon levels in the atmosphere and cool down the Arctic, then in the future, we will probably make These large carbon stores spread to the atmosphere, and turned the Earth into a giant greenhouse, destroying the existence of our children , " writes Box Box.

Similar to the big holes in Siberia, there have been records of methane bubbles floating to the surface of the Arctic Ocean since 2011.

"The release of methane in the atmosphere is a much more serious problem than the release of carbon dioxide, because methane is about 20 times more potent than greenhouse gases , " said Dr.

The Earth Tape Institute conducted research on these large holes. Marina Leibman scientist said: "I have heard a lot about the second pit in Yamal, Taz district, and have seen pictures of it."

"Certainly we have to study these holes. This is necessary to predict the next occurrence , " she added. "Every new hole provides more information for scientists."