Underground temperatures in parts of Siberia have risen by nearly four degrees in the past fifteen years. As the ground there—mostly permafrost—warms, it releases methane. The methane builds up until there’s an explosion, which leaves behind a hole. “The phenomenon is similar to the eruption of a volcano,” Bogoyavlensky said.

Whether or not they end in explosions, these methane releases are a serious concern. Methane is a greenhouse gas, and on a molecule-by-molecule basis it is a far more potent warming agent than carbon dioxide (although it doesn’t last as long in the atmosphere). If the permafrost is leaking methane because of rising temperatures, a positive-feedback loop could be taking effect: more methane leads to further warming, which leads to further thawing, and so on.

In Siberia, the enormous craters are rapidly filling with water. Soon, they’ll probably be lakes. Of course, by then, new craters may well have opened up, and with them new mysteries to investigate in a warming world.

But the holes in Siberia also point to another, stranger phenomenon. Global warming and geology turn out to be connected in unexpected ways. Consider, for example, earthquakes. Generally, earthquakes occur because of the movements of Earth’s tectonic plates; they tend to take place along plate boundaries. But recently Greenland has been experiencing an unusually large number of quakes. One widely discussed theory attributes this to the shrinking of the Greenland ice sheet. As the ice sheet melts, its weight declines, allowing the land underneath it to rise. The process, which is known as isostatic rebound, may well be responsible for the increase in seismic activity.

Iceland, too, is rising, and for similar reasons. As the country’s glaciers melt, the land is rebounding. A recent study showed that some parts of the country are gaining elevation at the astonishing rate of 1.4 inches a year. “What we’re observing is a climatically induced change in the earth’s surface,” Richard Bennett, one of the authors of the study and a geoscientist at the University of Arizona, told the Web site Live Science last month. In the case of Iceland, that change may lead to an increase in volcanic activity. As the land rises, the pressure on the rock beneath it changes. Lower pressure translates into a lower melting temperature, which could, in turn, translate into more (or at least more destructive) volcanic eruptions. The past five years have been packed with “interesting volcanic activity,” Sigrún Hreinsdóttir, Bennett’s fellow-researcher and a geophysicist at the University of Iceland, told the Washington Post. “You can’t make any statistics from those few data points, of course, but you do notice there might be a connection with the uplift,” And there’s a precedent: during the deglaciation that occurred at the end of the last ice age, some twelve thousand years ago, volcanic activity in Iceland is estimated to have increased by as much as a factor of thirty.

Strangely you forgot to include the final paragraph...let me..

"He said some may have formed dozens or hundreds of years ago, but went unnoticed in such remote regions."

As such the alarmist clap trap is simply idiotic ... can't blame CO2 from recent times if this phenomenon has been occurring for hundreds of years. Muppets will try however.

War Of The Worlds - Martian vehicle entry points.... watch them spaces, friend, for them big ass Martians on tripods leaping out at you.

Global warming hysteria is causing big empty holes in peoples heads where their brain used to be.

Brendon wrote on Mar 20^th, 2015 at 8:59pm:



You are aware that the UN only take pro man made global warming reports aren't you?, all others go in the bin and the scientists that write them are black listed, not that any global warming crank would have a problem with that. 

Rider wrote on Mar 20^th, 2015 at 1:26pm:


Could also have been excavated by alien miners from outer space using disintegrator beams and tractor beams. 

innocentbystander. wrote on Mar 20^th, 2015 at 6:30pm:


I blame the scientists who do all the years of research and present those detailed reports to the UN. Those bastards. NASA are among the worst. But basically all the universities and research centres that come up with their rubbish reports based on extensive studies and years of data and accumulated expertise. What would they know?

Brendon wrote on Mar 20^th, 2015 at 8:59pm:



You are aware that the UN only take pro man made global warming reports aren't you?, all others go in the bin and the scientists that write them are black listed, not that any global warming crank would have a problem with that.