Gateway to the underworld: Permafrost 'megaslump' in Siberia is expanding • FRANCE 24 English

According to a study published in the Journal of Geomorphology, global warming is the cause of the enlargement of the Batagaika crater in Siberia. Also known as the "gate to hell", this crater releases thousands of tonnes of CO2 each year and is expanding at record speed. FRANCE 24's Julia Sieger tells us more.
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[@farrider3339]

Another warning sign unheard . . Let's leave it to our grandchildren. Yes, good plan !

[@ALLmasked]

wonder if this is why birthrates are low in a subconscious or spiritual level.

[@TheWanderingWiltsman]

It's a cycle 🤡

[@bsastarfire250]

@@TheWanderingWiltsman It's a one way cycle ....

[@TheWanderingWiltsman]

@@bsastarfire250 cycles are repeating...think about it 😉

[@bsastarfire250]

@@TheWanderingWiltsman Not this one , 200 years of burning fossil fuels has increased the greenhouse effect . It 's not gonna stop anytime soon and these positive feedback effects just accelerate global warming .

[@aabbcc5154]

its already happening in Canada and Alaska. Basically is happening where ever above the artic circle. Even in Greenland.

[@ZoomZoomMX3]

And the south

[@ClassyRice]

It's happening in the Himalayas too

[@ulflyng]

Result of increased geothermal activity

[@GordonDivine7]

Good news. They will hopefully become more food independent in Greenland.

[@stephenskinner3851]

Greenland has permafrost? This year's Greenland summer melt lasted about 3 months, much the same as previous years. Ice accumulates in the majority of months so that Greenland gained just under 400 billion tons of ice. It gains more than it loses every year.

[@seitavw]

Positive feedback loop. The released methane triggers more and more warming.

[@ZoomZoomMX3]

Nightmare scenario. My advice don't cut down so many trees

[@Vegan_Photographs]

@@ZoomZoomMX3my advice, stop supporting animal farming… that’s one of the biggest causes of deforestation, so many reports and research supports this but even some environmentalists don’t listen…. If the environmentalists are unwilling to even accept this, how the hell can we expect anyone else to change

[@bsastarfire250]

@@Vegan_Photographs It's too late . No way is the world going to deal with this .

[@TheWanderingWiltsman]

@@Vegan_Photographs 😂😂😂

[@meggtokyodelicious]

Methane can be used as a fuel for electricity....just like tartarian civilization. Public toilets were a great course to produce free electricity.....

[@kinngrimm]

There are these permafrost areas under water around our coastlines worldwide, if temperatures are getting too hot in the water, besides all fish dying, it would release that bound methan in there and from what i understand if that happens we are pretty much fucked.

[@scottanderson3751]

Global ecological collapse is occurring as we speak and it’s the literal end of life as we know it-everything is a distraction from this reality;you’re not allowed to know this for obvious reasons ✌️

[@titanthegreat]

Yeah what's under the oceans could very well set the atmosphere on fire. Imagine a 100 foot tall wave of CO2 displacing the breathable oxygen like when Egyptians lost their kids, was because they slept on the lowest floors.

[@titanthegreat]

Methane at least wants to rise and disperse.

[@joeblow4215]

​@@titanthegreat it takes about 4 hours to dissipate 1 million pounds of methane down to 1 pound.

[@titanthegreat]

@@joeblow4215 well it would all depend on the concentration gradient and atmospheric conditions. be alright if your got supplied air to the structure your in.

[@richystar2001]

In Canada 1000s of Acres of Agricultural land are being slowly turned into Urban sprawl. But nobody talks about that.

[@drmodestoesq]

1000s of acres. Wow....there are 640 acres in a square mile. So that's a disaster. Canada is only 3 million square miles. So at that rate you could have a millionth of Canada turned into an urban area soon. Oh....the humanity.....

[@kidmohair8151]

it is very much a hot topic in Canada. to the point that the current premier of Ontario had to backtrack on the sale of a substantial portion of land to his developer friends.

[@kidmohair8151]

@@drmodestoesq the amount of viable farmland in Canada is approximately 4.35% of its area, and is concentrated on the southern border, next to the US. all the land north of that is scrub, suitable at best for subsistence... if it isn't being strip-mined, or otherwise rendered unusable. it would behoove you to do some research...before being "clever"

[@drmodestoesq]

@@kidmohair8151 You're accusing me of sounding clever and yet you're the one using words like "behoove." Physician, heal thyself.

[@simohayha6031]

​@drmodestoesq Point still stands. You made a big mistake treating the total area of Canada as "agricultural land" to come to your sarcastic "millionth" of Canada conclusion. Now someone let you know and you argue about sounding clever. Git gud

[@A3Kr0n]

Everything's fine. ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@madcow3417]

So they know what caused this one (deforestation), but no one tried planting back some of the trees to contain it?!?

[@TheOfficialFoxox]

even when trees get replanted there's hardly anything stopping companies from coming back in and deforesting the same areas again, it's happened before

[@ulflyng]

Result of increased geothermal activity

[@Mystipaoniz]

If there's no money in it, why would they do that? ^^

[@Renard380]

Nothing to do with geothermal activity, watch the video and stop spreading false information.

[@ulflyng]

@@Renard380 Watch the statistics on increased earthquakes and vulcanoes. Watch the poles wander the last 30yrs. Even wiki describes it. Earths magnetic field has exponentially decreased with in all 38% since 1850. Last two decades with 10% pr decade

[@thomaskositzki9424]

Can we give some appreciation to the information-rich and grounded news feature these two present? THAT is quality journalism.

[@mobilephil244]

I'm still not sure they know the difference between methand and CO2 - big BIG difference. It's a bit like journalists never know the difference between Silicon and Silicone.

[@petracollins8623]

Deforestation biggest crime.

[@ulflyng]

Result of increased geothermal activity

[@mho...]

@@ulflyng juuust NO, you are wrong!

[@ulflyng]

@@mho... Find the statistic of increased earthquakes and vulcanoes. The extreme pole wandering etc. And you have more proof of this than anything from mainstream media

[@user-op9mv5lq1u]

On the list

[@minraja]

We are still in an ice age, known as the Quaternary Ice Age, which began around 2.58 million years ago. An ice age is defined as a period in Earth's history when ice sheets and glaciers are present, particularly at the poles. Currently, we are in an interglacial period (the Holocene), which is a warmer phase between glacial periods, but large ice sheets still exist in Antarctica and Greenland. My source:The Geological Society of AmericaNational Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

[@xjaskix]

Yep i knew all this , The Fake News media wont say it though , they want to sell Fear & climate propaganda as if we are affecting a Huge planet

[@Soundofwindonsand]

Funny how that fact keeps coming up Then Quickly disappearing, over&over again Like somebody doesn't want to hear it...

[@mohdnorzaihar2632]

What would happen if there's more and more "empty petroleum and gas wells".!!!???

[@eds6889]

They are in rock, they are caverns and will not become sink holes.

[@drmodestoesq]

@@eds6889 Exactly. The oil and gas are in sandstone or shale formations. Removing all the coal with be a more apt concern. That actually affects the landscape. Mountaintop removal in the Appalachian mountains, for example.

[@vrhovnipredstojnik7650]

Nature is so beautiful 🐢

[@Pachamamakite]

So, it's not because of "global warming", but because of deforestation. Did you notice how the anchorman tried to direct the scientist to the conclusion he wanted to hear? I definitely did.

[@brianbankert1411]

yes I did….he was a putz. her information was well presented and worth the listen.

[@emceeboogieboots1608]

You mean about the release of methane and CO2 from the slump? That is essentially what the story was about. Otherwise it is just a crater looking hole in the middle of nowhere

[@tinyear926]

We are still in an ice age, known as the Quaternary Ice Age, which began around 2.58 million years ago. An ice age is defined as a period in Earth's history when ice sheets and glaciers are present, particularly at the poles. Currently, we are in an interglacial period (the Holocene), which is a warmer phase between glacial periods, but large ice sheets still exist in Antarctica and Greenland. My source:The Geological Society of AmericaNational Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

[@GamesAccount-gg9ik]

The end is near

[@drmodestoesq]

*nigh.

[@BridgetWalker-xu8sw]

Soon the Eldtrich horrors trapped beneath with be released and wreak havoc upon the earth.

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

Praise Cthulu!

[@RaccCity55]

Yog Sototh is VERY hungry.

[@JimmyD806]

It's been 120,000 years since this happened the last time. (They're called interglacials.)

[@Soundofwindonsand]

Thank you

[@tinyear926]

We are still in an ice age, known as the Quaternary Ice Age, which began around 2.58 million years ago. An ice age is defined as a period in Earth's history when ice sheets and glaciers are present, particularly at the poles. Currently, we are in an interglacial period (the Holocene), which is a warmer phase between glacial periods, but large ice sheets still exist in Antarctica and Greenland. My source:The Geological Society of AmericaNational Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

[@AhJodie]

Thank you for the update!

[@mikeokeeffe4692]

20 years of fracking.... tipped us quicker. Short term Wells left to leak after they stop being viable and loopholes to help the corporations to shadow dodge responsibility. Legislation and political pay offs allowed this. I truly believe this has and will be what accelerates the feedback loop.

[@deborahschumann8286]

Remember in and around 2003-2005 there was all the talk of Dragon Burps? Methane blow holes! Anyone could understand even back then about these feed back loops. Now…20 years later and all we have done is study it. Our goose is cooked!

[@ulflyng]

@@deborahschumann8286 They come from increased geothermal activity. Nothing to do with us

[@PenelopePitstop0078]

TY❣️Awareness is half the battle. Houston here & I’m moving soon b/c I cannot tolerate the increasing heat & humidity. Mama Earth is a sovereign being & has a right to rid herself of a few million parasites. Self preservation is inherent in all living beings.

[@loganskiwyse7823]

come on up to MN while there is still room for climate refugees. Once the Northen states figure out this will be a problem, we will have internal migration controls due to overpopulation of the northern states.

[@PenelopePitstop0078]

@@loganskiwyse7823 I lived in MN for 5 years! Very progressive state, at least in my experience, working at the United Way in Downtown Minneapolis. Great fishing and great people❣️

[@loganskiwyse7823]

@@PenelopePitstop0078 Still has the same race bias you see in the south sadly, but beyond that I totally agree.

[@Rchard005]

If scientists smart genius people does not believe in the bible but why they are using the word hell.

[@PenelopePitstop0078]

@@loganskiwyse7823 wow, I never experienced that, but I worked with a very progressive & diverse group but, I also didn’t encounter that in my personal life either. Maybe more so in the rural areas?

[@leah_riiaalfarero3198]

I looks like a stingray

[@jcoop3660]

Sulfur burning makes the Gate to hell blue at night.

[@krisofamerica]

Just in case anyone didn't understand plants eat carbon Dioxide. And they're growth increases within carbon dioxide.

[@BlairPhillips-y2h]

Deforestation during the Soviet era? Hmmm.... Retired Canada

[@user-xp6zo6pm6i]

The only thing I wish for is to listen to what the survivors say about us of this era. I dunno, a 10 thousand years in the future.

[@momagraf]

Wasn't this article published almost two years ago?🤔

[@mho...]

yeeeah and since nature never changes, there no reason to mention anything more then once in history of mankind, riiiiight?! 🤦‍♂

[@SMarkGee]

it's interesting but relatively tiny

[@Hytrogen087]

Exceptionally articulate and accurate Julia, many thanks

[@ExcitedApron-mw1rz]

Both capitalism and communism ate the culprit behind this nature events. We're gradually reaping the consequences of our excessive activities and its irreversible now.

[@alexkall5080]

But how did they eat that culprit? Tell us more!

[@tinyear926]

Warming and cooling, equals balance, and that should not cost us money.

[@ExceptionalLibra]

Learned something today.

[@Ayudado]

So... Mordor is now canon?

[@pureblood6310]

And we can’t do a damn thing about it!

[@madness-i3j]

Look at the amount of planes flying every day, and the amount cars and trucks burning fuel. Imagine if we could see the amount of all the CO created by humans around the world in one hour, if you could imagine it in one big cloud. Then times that by 24 (hours per day. The time that by 365 (days per year), then times that by 80. That would be quite the cloud. Mix that with unfathomable amounts of deforestation. 🤔

[@DeeSmith001]

You forgot to mention the uptick in volcanoes since 1998. Look up how much S02 and C02 they release.

[@harmonicentropy2720]

In Australia, health care is responsible for 7% of national carbon emissions, while globally, health care is responsible for 4.4% of emissions. If global health care was a country, it would be the world's fifth largest emitter.

[@idiocracyorthedevil]

Soviet Russia deforestation and lighting a fire that burns for 53 years and climate change is my fault for driving to the store to get fruits and vegetables for my family. Do you even hear yourself?

[@michaelrichie5]

Good explanation, thank you.

[@5nowChain5]

You would think someone would have the idea to start reforresting the region to stop the melting of the subsoil. If managed correctly they could turn the region into a renewable business and stop the land errosion.😮

[@mho...]

managed correctly, caring about long therm ecological impact, reforestation, caring about the future? ,....... we are talking about russia here!..... if it doesnt benefit the godking & his cult followers, then they will NEVER ever care! or act

[@ibisrox1]

You didnt show it now that looks like it did when I saw this 8yrs ago

[@el5isontour337]

The pensioners in the U.K. will be living in Permafrost all winter due to the collapse in the UK…

[@12crows1]

And hence, and hence, and hence? I think someone over edited their statement notes in an attempt to seem superior.

[@LuiExcalibur]

Hell wouldn’t pay for land without a church that isn’t really high actually

[@renebatsch2555]

Tony Heller [youTube] has excellent argument against the CO2 scare. It seems the official data is mostly doctored or non-existent (invented), according to actual records that do exist.

[@ulflyng]

Result of increased geothermal activity

[@RickNeil-ku6ly]

Circles are not vicious, cycles are

[@Statsy10]

Always bugs me when people get that wrong. 😂

[@Melody-mt5im]

@@Statsy10SAME

[@madcow3417]

You've never met my knitting circle.

[@craigroaring]

Such a frivolous observation. It's like have a train barrelling towards you but instead of moving you are taken aback by a misspelt word pained on the train.

[@Statsy10]

@@madcow3417 😂

[@257.4MHz]

This reminds me of Godzilla vs the Smog Monster. It started off looking like a tadpole. And what Godzilla ended up ripping out of it looked like thawed out permafrost

[@TPITEOTG]

O yes, that’s why we had Northern Lights in New York, Toronto, and even California, “global warming”!!! Last time it was about 50 years ago. Periodic sun activity.

[@KyleRoberts-fj7fj]

Just raise carbon taxes that will fix it ....

[@JtM8292]

🙌 hmm .. Good thing i just spent $70 to smog my truck 😣🙃

[@1ntwndrboy198]

In nature there's only one thing colder than ice and that's melting ice😮

[@MrDavidwilson86]

I thought the trees actually contributed to thaw. In Canada I believe the lack of caribou allowed the trees to grow and prevent the snowpack from reflecting light back to space but maybe that’s not the case in Russia or maybe that’s farther north

[@maxcloutier5285]

The farther you go north, the more trees look like bonzais. In "permafrost" trees doesn't really grow. Its the perfect place for moss and mosquitoes.

[@Melody-mt5im]

I don’t know about the Siberian Permafrost, but I think you are correct for Canada/North America. It goes back to megafauna like wooly mammoths and how they were a huge contributor to keeping brush from growing further north.

[@maxcloutier5285]

@@Melody-mt5im Well, I mainly think that it is most about cold. Trees do not grow in a soil that is permanentlyfrost. Now that it unfrost, might be the time some préhistoric seeds decide to germ and grow.

[@jenihansen7201]

Oh wow.

[@wegder]

Coal-fired power plants in China generate over half of the world's coal-fired power and a significant portion of China's electricity. In 2023, coal accounted for 39.9% of China's electricity supply, while non-fossil fuels like nuclear and renewables accounted for 53.9%. However, China is responsible for 95% of new coal power construction in 2023, with 70.2 GW of new construction underway, which is 19 times more than the rest of the world. As of August 29, 2023, China has 243 GW of new coal power approved or under construction

[@darylb5564]

The way I understand the warming started about 13,000 years ago and it will continue until it stops. I think I’m going to find something else to worry about

[@Karthik-ut3vo]

How about desert area? There no plant grow. If permafrost happen there?

[@SUNNY4401]

That's fine trees absorb methane

[@giostisskylas]

Mimimimii... we're all going to die!

[@ismatsabrinajid]

What do u call a baby horse?

[@user-do7jy7lo6f]

Well that burning pipe line in Texas isn't helping

[@Retrospxa]

Sooooo what happen to next 50 years ?

[@onlyme3847]

Its not confirmed at all

[@brandonkearns2712]

They getting careless in that hollow earth

[@Statsy10]

Gateway to Hell. Is Buffy still around? 😂

[@RaccCity55]

[@renebatsch2555]

"It is dangerous for a man to be correct in matters which established authorities are wrong." - Voltaire

[@Humanity_Hope_]

World Population: In 1970 4 Billion People In 2024 8 Billion People We are depleting our Planet resources

[@fritslevie4461]

Population is not the problem, it's how they behave.

[@pambp5978]

​@@fritslevie4461 both.. if there were fewer of us behaving badly wouldn't be the problem it is..

[@uchennaabosi7651]

"we"? Who is "we"? Better speak for yourself alone.

[@baldy3405]

No need to worry there was a study in Canada with thousands of men looking into their sperm count resulting in 50% drop in their sperm count, give A few hundreds years and world population will drop.

[@titanthegreat]

Well we coming out of an ice age. The earth should warm up before the nice ice age. Bet there is alot of things in there. Also why not collect like they do in landfills?

[@LinkedIn12Smith]

What do you need to make oxygen...

[@user-ic8mt6jq1z]

well , Boeing 777-9: A single long-haul flight can emit several tons of CO2. For example, a flight from New York to London can produce around 1,000 kg (1 ton) of CO2 per passenger.

[@Bushman9]

And it’s even higher if a door blows off creating wind drag.

[@noelduffey2395]

😂​@@Bushman9

[@Rchard005]

Scientist genius high IQ this is an advance warning that you will only die when you live outside our planet. The biblical word of our creator is very powerful! We are all witness all his prophecies in our times is being fulfilled.

[@Maybe1Someday]

But my car needs a catalytic converter right? And I still need to use paper straws and drive electric cars? Even though this is all natural? A cycle? My last winter was the coldest on record and I dont live in a cold area. Anyone with a brain out there?

[@bamf6603]

Yes to have your car with catalytic uninstalled is the most important thing in life…

[@Oldmane-420]

Yes actually, they are also referred to as climate deniers!

[@alanevans6445]

I didn't have my glasses on and thought the presenter was in crutches!

[@Naturallystated]

At the last you teased C17 . What about C17?

[@rajeshranjan5170]

I don't believe this.

[@AllenBrown-z8p]

We don't live on a stagnant planet!

[@bluesdirt6555]

There’s been ice ages many times

[@TheDoomWizard]

Our civilization has never endured these extremes so suddenly bc we haven't been around long enough. Say goodbye to everything you love dearest. Are you a sociopath or do you not see the data and evidence for our immediate demise. We have 10-20 years left at best.

[@bluesdirt6555]

@@TheDoomWizard There’s tropical vegetation under the ice in Iceland. Have you heard of the dark ages? Do you know why we have to get our wisdom teeth removed? The Sun could wipe us out in a minute if we’re in the wrong spot. Doom ha

[@Rchard005]

If scientists smart genius people does not believe in the bible but why they are using the word hell.

[@timfixinstuff]

You are suprised by our little snowglobe changing over time as hurdle through an abyss while being kept livable by a giant ball of plasma a billion times our size, yet you think we cause it? Ha, derp.

[@sitindogmas]

sure we have an impact on the climate but we also live next to a star and an ever changing planet weather we're here or not ✌️💚

[@RS265trophy]

we humans release much much more co2

[@Hoecatz]

Thank you french public broadcasting for news, as an american its been rough.

[@mikehall3074]

That's a jellyfish babe🧐 The rulers of the universe🤔Love your work❤️😁🙃

[@CHUNKYNUGGET666]

Yawn

[@elcajoia619]

Reading a script, or is she a scientist?

[@mho...]

weird how ppl always complain..... just be glad she tried her best to present FACTS right!

[@evgeniykolesnikov5891]

Who cares (except the Soviet scientists) !

[@ChrisMcNeely]

yes BRING THE CO2!!!!! lets go ...

[@spicyroads]

Bring back the ice age !

[@paintediva]

Interesting.

[@robsin2810]

Doomed we are.

[@TheRealBozz]

Nothing to see here. Move along.

[@palpilgrim8432]

What a blur fake photo so called took in 1991😂, just to convince many on your claim of climate change 😅

[@mlevif]

Bad news, without discussion actions to take...

[@lukea666]

Awesome Lightening shows on the way then 😁.

[@Navman64]

I'm deeply concerned on the carbon emissions from volcano's and the effect on the earth's atmosphere.. is there some way we can make them run by renewables or solar or lithium batterys... I think a good start is to fase out volcano's and introduce carbon credits so we give money to the government so they can run through a credit system reducing carbon until we fase them or even ban them from running...

[@Spice1_]

Climate changed

[@paulcoverdale8312]

Great reporting guys. Thanks🙏🙏👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Canigetanawwwwyyyyeeeah]

A record speed? Like you have other massive permafrost holes to compare it to lol hahahahahahah c’mooooon. Poor word choice.

[@Canigetanawwwwyyyyeeeah]

All you had to do was plant tress. It’s not permafrost. It’s deforestation.

[@ticnatz]

Interesting stuff.....

[@anthonybaiocchi3028]

Global bs

[@benda2250]

Vous remerciez copernicus ESA mais vous montrez des images landsat NASA...

[@davedavies8002]

Permafrost is the "permeable" layer of soil that allows life to grow, which is frozen

[@tinyear926]

Rather it unfrozen, we are still in an ice age, known as the Quaternary Ice Age, which began around 2.58 million years ago. An ice age is defined as a period in Earth's history when ice sheets and glaciers are present, particularly at the poles. Currently, we are in an interglacial period (the Holocene), which is a warmer phase between glacial periods, but large ice sheets still exist in Antarctica and Greenland. My source:The Geological Society of AmericaNational Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

[@QuantumJJean]

👍👍 We are doomed. Happy? Any impressions?

[@juanfo7307]

Mudflood