Posted on 03/15/2016 12:48:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A new discovery has revived an old theory about ocean water gobbling up ships in the Bermuda Triangleif, that is, the Bermuda Triangle even exists.
Researchers from the Arctic University of Norway say theyve spotted large craters apparently created by methane buildups off Norways coast, Atlas Obscura reports.
Multiple giant craters exist on the sea floor in an area in the west-central Barents Sea and are probably a cause of enormous blowouts of gas, they tell the Sunday Times. The crater area is likely to represent one of the largest hotspots for shallow marine methane release in the Arctic.
Other experts have said gas blowouts from such craters, which measure 150 feet deep and up to a half-mile wide in Norway, could explain the sinking of ships in a region between Puerto Rico, Miami, and Bermuda dubbed the Bermuda Triangle.
There is a version that the Bermuda Triangle is a consequence of gas hydrates reactions, Russian scientist Igor Yeltsov said last year, per the New Zealand Herald.
Ice-like underwater methane can break away and form gas that bubbles to the surface, Live Science explained in 2014; Yeltsov says it erupts like a nuclear reaction, producing huge amounts of gas.
Research has shown that such eruptions could sink sea vessels, as NBC News reported in 2003, and this YouTube video appears to confirm that. But its not clear these blowouts even occur in the Bermuda Triangle, the Guardian notes.
And skeptics say the Gulf Streams many tropical storms would better account for the Triangles lost ships and planes.
The very term Bermuda Triangle is questionable: Still dismissed by the US Navy, it was invented in a dramatic 1964 article that probed the mysterious menace behind ships and airplanes lost in the area.
but there are still the space aliens down there, too...
Could me a lack of oxygen causing people to see things rather then magnetic and electronic anomalies.
Life is like a box of chocolates, but the ocean is like a bottle of Pepsi. ;-)
A possibility to consider. Thanks! It would make sense.
I majored in Frostbite.
yup,
It's possible that one abnormality triggers another.
I know that water losing density can cause a ship to sink, but all they should have to do to confirm their theory is go down there and find all the ships sunk by the Earth Farts....right? :-)
Very good point. People will believe things from their perceptions, but when their perceptions themselves are flawed....
Aliens
I was considering feminist glaciology.
I accept the remote possibility of something wacky being responsible, but extreme weather is the obvious answer. The only question I have is whether all disappearances resulted in no wreckage being left behind. Even in the wide open ocean, I would expect debris to turn up from at least a few wrecks.
Had no doubt that the gas causes disturbance in the water. Was only curious about the navigational devices (magnetic and electronic) not working properly. Which might have been explained on this post elsewhere. The theory is interesting but if there are those who still believe in Atlantis or UFO’s will they be silenced and content?
Thanks for the clip and your efforts. :-))
[[I accept the remote possibility of something wacky being responsible, but extreme weather is the obvious answer. The only question I have is whether all disappearances resulted in no wreckage being left behind. Even in the wide open ocean, I would expect debris to turn up from at least a few wrecks.]]
Huge trench running through the triangle .
In fact one of the deepest points in the Atlantic is just off shore of Puerto Rico. Only God knows how much wreckage is sitting in that trench.
They have spotted some of the lost planes though.
I'm sure, though, that some will attempt to attribute the methane releases to Global Warming. Keep in mind, that the reputation of the Bermuda Triangle was gained long before Global Warming. A number of WWII training flights were lost there. It may be possible that methane in the air could also alter aircraft engine performance, causing the engines to run rich.
Note: this topic is from 3/15/2016. Thanks nickcarraway.
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