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Scientists know there are more giant craters in Siberia, but are nervous to even study them
In the middle of last summer came news of a bizarre occurrence no one could explain. Seemingly out of nowhere, a massive crater appeared in one of the planet's most inhospitable lands. Early estimates said the crater, nestled in a land called "the ends of the Earth" where temperatures can sink far below zero, yawned nearly 30 metres in diameter.
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Since this article alludes to climate change, there is more evidence to a direct relation to atmospheric methane levels and temperature than any other substance. For instance in the 10 years preceding 2009 atmospheric methane levels dropped or stayed constant, surrounded by increases on either side, pre 1999 and now. Methane has a natural shelf life of about 10 years, mostly degrading into CO2. Man's contribution to atmospheric methane is minimal, most coming from nature itself, volcanos, seabed releases, ground release, plants, wildfires, ad nauseam.