There's a 'Doorway to The Underworld' in Siberia So Big It's Uncovered Ancient Forests

[ffr]

A doorway to 200,000 years ago.

It's no secret that Siberia's permafrost is on thin ice. Conditions are varying so much that huge holes are appearing out of nowhere, and, in some places, tundra is quite literally bubbling underneath people's feet.

But one of the biggest craters in the region, known by the local Yakutian people as the 'doorway to the underworld', is growing so rapidly that it's uncovering long-buried forests, carcasses, and up to 200,000 years of historical climate records.
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The instability of the region isn't just dangerous for locals, there are also concerns that as the hole gets deeper and larger, it will expose carbon stores that have been locked away for thousands of years.
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That's in addition to the preserved remains of long-buried forests, ancient pollen samples, and even the frozen remains of a musk ox, mammoth, and a 4,400-year-old horse. - Science Alert

[annabanana]

1. Probably an ancient virus or two in there also..

[Angry Dragon]

3. Perhaps Jimmy Hoffa

[OhNo-Really]

7. Call Geraldo asap

I actually sat glued for the nothingburger "reveal" back when we had 3 tv stations

It was Al Capone

https://m.

[procon]

9. Wouldn't that be the ultimate justice if some long buried ancient superbug

was reactivated and wiped out the species that is destroying the planet!

[OhNo-Really]

13. Relevant 2017 ARCTIC SEA ICE REPORT etc. Methane Bomb

Humans, the only earthly creature tomwillfully, ignorantly destroy its own habitat.

Go team

https://m.

[annabanana]

14. Everyone who doubts the human cause of climate change should be

hogtied until they watch this video.

[OhNo-Really]

15. I agree

[Delphinus]

19. I posted

a video over in Environment and Energy that was also pretty eye-opening.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[DFW]

4. Is there a sign saying "Welcome to Pellucidar?"

If so, E.R. Burroughs is due a serious re-assessment..

[FSogol]

6. +1, paging David Inness and the Iron Mole!

[A HERETIC I AM]

5. This planet does not give a fuck about us....

as well it shouldn't.

The Aussie comedian Jim Jeffires said as much;

(Relevant part starts at the 1:22 mark)

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"As soon as we're gone, the planet will be like..'I'm gonna do dinosaurs again!"

[Botany]

8. Happening all over Siberia

[Canoe52]

10. Interesting

[dchill]

11. K&R.

[hueymahl]

12. Fake news

The world is only 6,000 years old!

Very cool pictures.

[leftstreet]

16. DURec

Interesting!

[lunatica]

17. If that and the photos lower in the thread are about climate change

It might be too late to do anything really meaningful. That’s scary.

[raven mad]

18. Total fascination. We do National Geographic, et al, but this?

It's like finding the Ark.