Why Is Siberia's Batagaika Crater Known as the Doorway to Hell?
About this episode
This episode explores the Batagaika crater, its formation due to thawing permafrost, and the concerns of geoscientists regarding its implications.
The Batagaika crater (or, technically, megaslump) is a massive pit caused by thawing permafrost -- and it's only getting bigger. Learn what paleontologists have found there (and why geoscientists are worried about it) in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/batagaika-crater.htm ; https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/permafrost.htm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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