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Scientists may have discovered the secret behind the notorious Bermuda Triangle: methane explosions. Giant craters on the seabed around Norway's coast have been discovered by scientists, marking areas where massive bubbles of methane may have exploded.
The large chasms on the ocean floor are around half a mile wide and 150ft deep. They could have been caused by gas leaking from deposits of oil and gas buried deeper in the sea floor. The gases are thought to accumulate in sea-floor sediments before bursting through the sea bed and into the surrounding waters.
"Multiple giant craters exist on the sea floor in an area in the west-central Barents sea… and are probably a cause of enormous blowouts of gas," said researchers at the Arctic University of Norway."The crater area is likely to represent one of the larges hotspots for shallow marine methane release in the Arctic."
Scientists have recently developed radar that can show detailed images of the sea bed, according to a Sunday Times report. The graphics vividly depict areas of methane seepage around the globe. The discoveries may offer scientific explanations for reports from sailors of water starting to bubble and foam with no apparent cause.
Further details of the findings will be released in April at the annual meeting of the European Geosciences Union. Among the topics of debate is whether the methane bubbles could threaten the safety of ships. One theory that they could help to explain is the disappearance of ships in the infamous Bermuda Triangle.
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The large chasms on the ocean floor are around half a mile wide and 150ft deep. They could have been caused by gas leaking from deposits of oil and gas buried deeper in the sea floor. The gases are thought to accumulate in sea-floor sediments before bursting through the sea bed and into the surrounding waters.
"Multiple giant craters exist on the sea floor in an area in the west-central Barents sea… and are probably a cause of enormous blowouts of gas," said researchers at the Arctic University of Norway."The crater area is likely to represent one of the larges hotspots for shallow marine methane release in the Arctic."
Scientists have recently developed radar that can show detailed images of the sea bed, according to a Sunday Times report. The graphics vividly depict areas of methane seepage around the globe. The discoveries may offer scientific explanations for reports from sailors of water starting to bubble and foam with no apparent cause.
Further details of the findings will be released in April at the annual meeting of the European Geosciences Union. Among the topics of debate is whether the methane bubbles could threaten the safety of ships. One theory that they could help to explain is the disappearance of ships in the infamous Bermuda Triangle.
Bermuda Triangle mystery: Missing ships victim of enormous methane blowouts on ocean floor?
Giant craters on the seabed mark where massive bubbles of methane may have exploded.
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