Giant, 90ft Deep Craters Are Appearing on the Arctic Seafloor

Giant, 90ft Deep Craters Are Appearing on the Arctic Seafloor

2 years ago
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http://www.newsweek.com/ocean-crater-permafrost-thaw-methane-seafloor-1687735

Enormous craters measuring 90 feet in depth have appeared on the seafloor of the Arctic Ocean.

The craters, scientists say, are forming as a result of thawing submerged permafrost on the edge of the Beaufort Sea in northern Canada, with retreating glaciers from the last ice age driving the change.