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.
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… pressure from the (natural) gas may eventually cause the remaining permafrost to collapse, triggering an explosion.
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I don’t even understand the post title.
The cause of this has been known for at least several years to my knowledge?
My thoughts as well. It’s built up gas from the thawing permafrost is what I understood it to be.
They explode bc it explodes doesn’t exactly solve the mystery…
