Posted on 07/07/2017 9:48:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Siberia is no stranger to mysterious explosions. In 1908, a blast flattened an entire forest and the exact cause of the Tunguska Event is still debated. More recent explosions, by far less powerful, but still dangerous, seem to be caused by climate change.
According to a reindeer herder of the Jamal Peninsula, on the morning of June 28, he heard a loud blast and a column of smoke rising from the ground. The explosion he heard created a crater with a diameter of 25 feet and almost 65 feet deep.
When first reports about the mysterious craters in Siberia appeared some years ago, it was not clear what caused them. It's also not entirely clear how often such craters form. Many seem to be filled with peated water, and the locals refer to them as 'black holes'.
Climate data for the last decades show an increase of the mean temperatures in the region. The summer of 2016 was also extraordinarily hot, with temperatures reaching as high as 95°F. A survey in 2017 found more than 6,000-7,000 small hills dotting the landscape, probably formed by bubbles of methane pushing up the soil and vegetation. In 2016, scientists had reported only fifteen of such underground bubbles.
In the bubbles, the concentration of greenhouse gases, like methane and carbon dioxide, is almost 1,000 times higher than in the surrounding environment. When the bubble explodes it not only poses a danger to bystanders, it releases the greenhouse gases into Earth's atmosphere. Scientists fear that this mechanism could become a self-reinforcing process. As temperatures rise worldwide, more greenhouse gases are released from thawing permafrost, contributing to further warming of the Earth.
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Water Vapor is a green house gas, it can vary from day to day from 0% humidity to 100% humidity....
Why aren’t we all dead yet?
Dumb de dumb dumb.
Yes, it’s galloping as a jackass gallops.
Aliens
Tunguska Event is still debated
Horse chit it was a big ass rock from outer space
Aliens
It’s pathetic that supposedly reputable magazines such as Forbes gives a voice to these “contributor” loonies under its banner. They contribute nothing but garbage and lies. Steve Forbes should know better.
Well, there's a credible source.
Run in circles! Scream and shout!
Rain is a symptom of climate change. Also drought. And snow.
Collapsed hole in the permafrost that ends up turning into a pingo. There are thousands of them all over Siberia, Alaska and Canada of different ages. It would be good to see more permafrost melt since much of it is a relic of the Little Ice Age.
and fair weather too
Does that mean that another 25 million acres will be suitable for plowing/growing now?
And that all starvation will eliminated when we get a FULL ONE DEGREE hotter?
I think the explosions are the aftereffects of North Korean kimchi experiments.
Doesn’t Steve Forbes care at all what kind of bs is published under his name?
B.S.
B.S.
He’s a faggot like his father.
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