Global Warming Could Be The Culprit

[icyfroth]

Giant hole appears at 'world's end'

A mysterious giant hole spotted in northern Siberia has sparked an urgent expedition.

Aerial images posted on YouTube indicate a hole up to 80m wide in Yamal, a peninsula jutting into Arctic waters whose name translates as "the end of the world".

The hole was discovered by a helicopter crew working for an oil company in the gas-rich region, The Siberian Times reports.

A scientific expedition organised by the Yamal authorities will leave tomorrow to investigate. The team includes experts from Russia's Centre for the Study of the Arctic, the Cryosphere Institute of the Academy of Sciences and Russia's Emergencies Ministry.

The cause of the hole's sudden appearance is not yet known.

Experts said that the darkening around the inner rim of the crater indicated "severe burning" that scorched its edges.

A spokesman for the Emergencies Ministry's Yamal branch has ruled out a meteorite strike and web speculation about the crater indicating "the arrival of a UFO craft" has likewise been dismissed.

An expert from the Sub-Arctic Scientific Research Centre said global warming could be the culprit, releasing gases under the surface that mixed with water and salt and then exploded like a champagne cork.

The expedition team will take soil, air and water samples for analysis.

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Geez there's a lot of sinkholes suddenly appearing aroung the world isn't there?

[*mrgrizz*]

Mulder was right.

it was made by a alien boring machine. it is the start of their underground earth base.

they just forgot to fill the hole back in

[icyfroth]

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@*mrgrizz* wrote:

Mulder was right.

it was made by a alien boring machine. it is the start of their underground earth base.

they just forgot to fill the hole back in

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LOL.

Where's Ufo's when he's needed?

[kopenhagen5]

Or maybe because much of the stuff on the inside is being pulled leaving voids.

I have always advocated there will be direct physical effects from all that is taken out of the earth. Plates shifting etc.

[icyfroth]

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@kopenhagen5 wrote:

Or maybe because much of the stuff on the inside is being pulled leaving voids.

I have always advocated there will be direct physical effects from all that is taken out of the earth. Plates shifting etc.

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yes I've thought along the same lines.

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

It's gotta be Obama's fault........

[*mrgrizz*]

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@this-one-time-at-bandcamp wrote:

It's gotta be Obama's fault........

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how can it be Obama's fault when it is clearly tony's?

[icyfroth]

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@*mrgrizz* wrote:

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@this-one-time-at-bandcamp wrote:

It's gotta be Obama's fault........

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how can it be Obama's fault when it is clearly Tony's?

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The coveted five laughy-face award

[katymatey*]

That is very interesting. Wonder how deep it is? Almost perfectly round. Debris has been thrown out from the rim so it can't be a sinkhole.

[icyfroth]

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@katymatey* wrote:

That is very interesting. Wonder how deep it is? Almost perfectly round. Debris has been thrown out from the rim so it can't be a sinkhole.

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Correct, Katey. They're saying in popped like a champagne cork. I hate to think how deep it might be, but apparently it's 80 meters wide!

"An expert from the Sub-Arctic Scientific Research Centre said global warming could be the culprit, releasing gases under the surface that mixed with water and salt and then exploded like a champagne cork."