At a speed of 12 meters per year. "Gate to hell" in Russia open at incredible speed

Researchers have found that the width of the giant depression in Siberia has already reached 990 meters and continues to grow. The "Gate to Hell", officially known as a crater or megaobal Batpagai, was first discovered in satellite images of 1991 after collapsing a part of the slope on the Jannin highlands in the Far East of Russia.

As a result of the collapse on the part of the remaining hill, layers of eternal permafrost, which have remained frozen for the last 650,000 years, made it second in the world, writes Live Science. Since then, scientists have watched how Magobal Batpai, also known as the "gate to hell" in Siberia relentlessly expanded.

In a new study, scientists have found that the rock, or the upper wall of the Batgas Method, retreats at a speed of about 12 meters a year, and the reason is the melting of eternal permafrost. At the same time, part of the slope of the hill that collapsed and fell into a depth of about 55 meters below the upper wall, incredibly melts and sinks. In focus. Technology has appeared its Telegram channel.

Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! According to the research group, the results of which were published in the Geomorphology magazine, the "gate to hell" in Siberia increases annually by incredible 1 million cubic meters as eternal permafrost. Signs of rapid melting are widespread and are observed in Arctic and subarctic areas rich in eternal permafrost, but the amount of ice lost in this region is even more incredible.

In 2014, the width of the mega -building in Siberia was 790 meters, so just less than 10 years the "gate to hell" opened 200 meters. It should be noted that for scientists there was no surprise that the mega -building is expanding, but for the first time they calculated the volume of the melt, which was slaughtered from the crater. In its work, the team used satellite images, field measurements, as well as laboratory image data from Batgai.

The results indicate that the area of ​​ice and deposits that melted after the collapse is equivalent to more than 14 large Giza pyramids. Scientists have also found that in the last 10 years the speed of collapse has remained relatively stable: melting occurs along the upper wall on the western, southern and southeastern edges of the crater. Scientists say, despite the fact that the "gate to hell" in Siberia continue to expand, there is probably the limit as far as it can go.