7,000 Huge Gas Bubbles Have Formed Under Siberia, and Could Explode at Any Moment

[bigheadfred]

Last year, researchers in Siberia's remote Bely Island made the bizarre discovery that the ground had started bubbling in certain places, and was squishy under the locals' feet like jelly.

At the time, just 15 of these swollen bubbles had been identified, but an investigation in the wider region of the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas has revealed that 7,000 or so of them have cropped up, and the concern now is that they could explode at any moment.

http://www.sciencealert.com/7-000-huge-gas-bubbles-have-formed-under-siberia-and-could-explode-at-any-moment

[geronl]

does it blame 'climate change'?

[Cripplecreek]

does it blame 'climate change'?

The climate is a hell of a lot better there than it was 250 million years ago when nearly a million square miles of Siberia was covered in lava.

[GtHawk]

does it blame 'climate change'?

It was maybe too much Borscht? 

[Suppressed]

While these appear to be typical pingos, some local scientists are claiming evidence this is less from hydrostatic pressure and frost heave than the degassing of melting permafrost.

I think even the most die-hard skeptic would admit a permafrost feedback loop would be a nightmare scenario, so I'm hoping this is overblown.

[Sanguine]

While these appear to be typical pingos, some local scientists are claiming evidence this is less from hydrostatic pressure and frost heave than the degassing of melting permafrost.

I think even the most die-hard skeptic would admit a permafrost feedback loop would be a nightmare scenario, so I'm hoping this is overblown.

 

[geronl]

Where is that Russia-shattering kaboom??

[Victoria33]

@bigheadfred

Thanks for posting this.  Sent the link to son who is going to Siberia soon to make documentary film.  This will be his third film there. 

[uglybiker]

Any time now an' they'll git blow'd up real good! WHOO!