Could the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle finally be solved?
Well, scientists believe they’re one step closer to finding the answer with the recent discovery of a series of underwater craters at the bottom of the Barents Sea, off the coast of Norway.
That particular area is not close to the Bermuda Triangle (which stretches between Puerto Rico, Bermuda and Florida), but it’s hoped the craters will offer the explanation which has baffled scientists for decades.
The craters are 800m wide and 45m deep and are believed to have been created by methane building up in sediments on the sea floor of the Norway coast. The craters leak, which come through the sea bed and reach the water above.
Researchers from the Arctic University of Norway told the Sunday Times: “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.”
“The crater area is likely to represent one of the largest hot spots for shallow marine methane release in the Arctic.”
Experts will try to determine if this has caused ships to sink at the annual meeting of the European Geosciences Union next month.
The concept of gas being behind the Bermuda Triangle mystery has previously been explored by Igor Yelstov from the Trofimuk Institute. He said last year: “There is a version (of theories) that the Bermuda Triangle is a consequence of gas hydrates reactions.
“They start to actively decompose with methane ice turning into gas. It happens in an avalanche-like way, like a nuclear reaction, producing huge amounts of gas.
“That makes the ocean heat up and ships sink in its waters mixed with a huge proportion of gas.”
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