Batagaika crater

The NYT

From space, it resembles a stingray impressed on the coniferous forest. Already more than half a mile deep and about 3,000 feet wide, the Batagaika crater is growing as the ground beneath it melts. The cliff face retreats 40 feet every year, revealing buried treasures once locked in the ice.

  • Abracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    As more of the material at the bottom of the slope melts and comes loose, a larger face is exposed to the air, which in turn increases the speed of permafrost thawing.

    So this is an ongoing process that would be occuring even without climate change. That’s realy neat. A chance event catalyzing a change in the terrain.