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World's biggest permafrost crater
May 11 , 2024
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- Scientists say Russia is warming at least 2.5 times faster than the rest of the world.
- One of the massive craters in the world, famously known as the “gateway to the underworld” is growing by 35 million cubic feet every year.
- The huge crater situated in Serbia’s permafrost is expanding due to melting of the ground.
- Officially known as Batagay (Batagaika), the crater or mega slump is a rounded cliff face that was first discovered in 1991 through satellite images.
- It was created after a section of hillside collapsed in the Yana Uplands of northern Yakutia in Russia.
- This collapse exposed layers of permafrost within the remaining portion of the hillside that have been frozen for up to 650,000 years now.
- It is known as the oldest permafrost in Siberia and second oldest in the world.
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