#batagaika-crater — Public Fediverse posts
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Times of India | What is the Door to the Underworld, and where is it?
The Batagaika Crater in Siberia, a massive thermokarst formation, is expanding due to thawing permafrost, revealing ancient geological and biological records. This "Door to the Underworld" serves as a critical natural laboratory, offering insights into Earth's past climate and acting as a stark warning of accelerating permafrost melt driven by climate change and past deforestation.
#batagaikacrater #siberia #thermokarstformation #permafrost #climatechange
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New Explanation For Siberia’s Permafrost Craters
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https://news.agu.org/press-release/new-yamal-craters-explanation/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108987 <-- shared paper
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"KEY POINTS
• Surface ice-melt water can migrate downward driven by the osmotic pressure associated with a cryopeg, a lens of salty water below
• Overpressure can cause the frozen soil to crack resulting in mechanical explosion.."
#permafrost #hydrates # Russia #YamalPeninsula #BatagaikaCrater #Siberia #climatechange #geomorphology #mechanism #process #climatechange #methane #thawing #frozen #soil #Yamal #Taymyr #cryopeg #ice #water #hydrology #infiltration #osmotic #pumping #explosion #greehousegas