Here be methane: Scientists investigate the origins of a gaping permafrost crater

Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 09:00 in Astronomy & Space

Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues spent more than two years studying a 20-meter wide and 20-meter deep crater in the Yamal Peninsula in northern Russia that formed after an explosive release of gas, mostly methane, from the permafrost. They were able to deduce potential formation models for the discovered crater that has implications for geocryology and climate change studies. Two papers outlining the results of this project, supported by Total, were published (1, 2) in the journal Geosciences.

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