Giant holes found in Siberia could be signs of a ticking climate 'time bomb' (climate change:)

BusinessInsider ^ | 3/25/2016 | Sarah Kramer

[raybbr]

When a helicopter pilot spotted the first crater in summer 2014, everyone was baffled.

The 100-foot-wide hole appeared on the Yamal Peninsula seemingly out of nowhere, during a tense season of Russian military action in Ukraine and international sanctions.

And then more appeared. Lacking a better explanation, aliens and underground missiles were floated as possible theories, according The Washington Post.

But the truth is that the holes might come from a threat not even Mulder and Scully are equipped to handle: climate change.

Scientific American reports that Arctic zones are warming at a breakneck pace, and summer 2014 was warmer than average by an alarming 9 degrees Fahrenheit, according to another story in Nature. As a result, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) think that permafrost, the permanently frozen ground that covers the tundra, is starting to thaw in these warmer temperatures.

So how does frozen methane blow a 100-foot-wide hole in the ground?

[Lionheartusa1]

,,,,, fact is ,, most of the same people who deny God’s existence believe fervently they can get free stuff from the govt. .

[Night Hides Not]

I’m much more concerned about the Yellowstone caldera. It would most certainly wipe out global warming for a century, or more.

[GreyFriar]

Oh no, earth farts.

[Lazamataz]

I only want one thing:

That the Yellowstone Cauldera erupts this year.