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  1. New Explanation For Siberia’s Permafrost Craters
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    news.agu.org/press-release/new <-- shared technical article
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    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