The discovery of several mysterious craters in Siberia earlier this year sparked speculation about their origins. A new scientific report offers an explanation for the origin of the holes. Many scientists argue that their appearance may be associated with the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle.
However, other scientists not involved in this scientific study say that the strange funnel mechanism probably does not explain the disappearance of ships in the Bermuda Triangle - a place whose secret has not been revealed.
Interesting find
In July, Siberian reindeer herders discovered a huge area of craters on the Yamal Peninsula. Later, two more gaping holes were discovered, one in the Taz region and one in the Taimyr Peninsula. But despite the fact that scientists speculated about the cause of the appearance of these strange Siberian pits, their origin still remained a mystery.
In July, in the journal Nature, Russian scientists published a statement that methane gas trapped in permafrost is likely the cause of the huge sinkholes. They noted that the air near the bottom of the crater contains unusually high concentrations of methane.
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Mysterious events
The researchers went even further, pointing out that such accumulations of methane may be the cause of the mysterious disappearance of ships and aircraft in the Bermuda Triangle. The Siberian Times magazine reports. The report was presented in a weekly publication of the Siberian Branch of the Journal at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The Bermuda Triangle is a region said by some to exist in the North Atlantic between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico. Many scholars dispute its existence.
But regardless of whether the Bermuda Triangle exists or not, the idea that methane emissions can swallow ships and airplanes is quite plausible, as scientists note.
"It is very likely that similar sinkholes in the ocean were formed as a result of the decomposition of gas hydrates," says Vladimir Romanovsky, a geophysicist who studies permafrost at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Interestingly, the scientist did not take part in this study.
Methane usually solidifies under the pressure of the deep sea, but chunks of spark material can break down and form gas bubbles that rise to the surface.
“Gas hydrate is known to exist along the continental margin of the North Atlantic, with a very large area on the Blake Ridge north of the Bermuda Triangle,” says Benjamin Frampus, a scientist at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Free bubbles
In fact, a 2003 study published in the American Journal of Physics showed that such bubbles could actually contribute to the sinking of ships. According to many scientists, in principle, such a flooding scenario is quite possible.
To thoroughly study the process, scientists built a model ship hull and released a large bubble under it. The experience was filmed. The researchers said that when the vessel was in the correct position above the bubble, it lost its buoyancy.
“But even though this phenomenon worked with a model ship, there is no evidence that such a phenomenon ever actually took place,” says scientist Frampus. - In addition, a methane explosion was never recorded during the period when ships and planes allegedly disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. The last time the ocean floor gave off gas in this area was only after the last ice age, about 20,000 years ago. The scientist considers the theory related to methane very interesting, but nothing more.
Denying the existence of the Bermuda Triangle
The US Navy denies the existence of the Bermuda Triangle, and the US Geographic Names Board does not recognize its official name at all. According to the Geological Survey of London, Lloyd's London insurance market determined that there were no more ship sinkings in the region.
Maya Muzashvili