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Sep 4, 2020 · The dramatic 30-meter (100-feet) deep hole in Western Siberia is the latest of several to have formed in the region since 2014. Scientists think the craters are formed by an explosive buildup of ...
Jan 27, 2021 · Since then, researchers have identified more of these craters across two regions, the Yamal and Gyda peninsulas. They're part of the Siberian tundra, a massive stretch of land in Russia characterized by a layer of permanently frozen soil just below the surface. And, as scientists have found, the holes, which are roughly 65 feet across when ...
Jan 18, 2024 · Giant exploding craters only known to exist on Russia's permafrost-covered Yamal and Gydan peninsulas may result from a specific set of conditions not found elsewhere in the Arctic.
That hole, which was around 66ft (20m) wide and up to 171ft (52m) deep, was discovered by helicopter pilots passing overhead in 2014, around 26 miles (42km) from the Bovanenkovo gas field on the ...
Feb 23, 2018 · Conditions are varying so much that huge holes are appearing out of nowhere, and, in some places, tundra is quite literally bubbling underneath people's feet. But one of the biggest craters in the region, known by the local Yakutian people as the 'doorway to the underworld' , is growing so rapidly that it's uncovering long-buried forests ...
Mar 13, 2015 · B1 is the famous Yamal hole, 30 kilometers from the Bovanenkovo gas field, a natural gas field located in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug region of Russia. B2 is a recently detected crater 10 ...
Sep 23, 2020 · The newfound hole, number 17, may be the largest yet, says Evgeny Chuvilin, a permafrost expert at Russia’s Skoltech Center for Hydrocarbon Recovery. The Arctic craters are not easy to study ...
