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Oozing Methane Blasts Holes in Siberian Tundra
Escaping methane gas has blown at least two new holes in the Siberian tundra in the past few months, according to eyewitness accounts to the Siberian Times and the Russian Academy of Sciences. Reindeer herders northwest of the village of Seyakha in Siberia's far north reported seeing an eruption of fire and smoke on the morning of June 28 — an event caught on seismic sensors at 11 a.m. local time, according to The Siberian Times. Scientists visiting the site photographed a fresh crater blown into the banks of a river.
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I'm just waiting for the Black Plagues cousin to come bursting from one of these holes someday in the future. I always wonder what kind of bacterium is trapped under that ice.