DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Siberia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Siberia</span></a>: Residents stunned after strange new formations appear across remote landscape: 'The landscape has become pockmarked'</p><p>by Zachary Ehrmann<br>Fri, May 16, 2025</p><p>"Thawing ground in Siberia's remote <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YamalPeninsula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YamalPeninsula</span></a> is warping the landscape — and residents say the changes are becoming impossible to ignore. Strange mounds, sudden sinkholes, and even explosive craters are reshaping the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tundra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tundra</span></a>, alarming locals and researchers alike, per the Malay Mail.</p><p>"These changes are tied to a disturbing trend beneath the surface: the rapid thaw of once-frozen ground, known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/permafrost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>permafrost</span></a>. </p><p>What's happening?</p><p>"As Siberia warms at nearly four times the global average, vast stretches of permafrost are thawing. When this frozen ground melts, it releases methane gas from ancient organic material once safely locked beneath the surface.</p><p>"In the Yamal region, that gas is pushing the earth upward into large mounds that sometimes explode, tearing open the landscape and leaving behind deep craters.</p><p>"Innokenty Poselsky, who bought land in Churapcha, noted that he had about 20 mounds pop up but that it wasn't always like that. 'About 40 years ago, there was an airstrip here and the land used to be quite flat. Over the last four decades, the landscape has become pockmarked. It's like that everywhere here,' he told the Malay Mail.</p><p>"Local villagers, many of whom rely on the tundra for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reindeer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reindeer</span></a> herding, say their homeland has become nearly unrecognizable. One herder told researchers that familiar flatlands have been replaced by unpredictable swells and holes. </p><p>Why is the thawing of Siberia's permafrost important?</p><p>"Beyond changing the physical landscape, permafrost melt poses major threats to communities and the planet. Thawing ground can damage roads, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pipelines</span></a>, and homes. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Methane</span></a>, the gas being released, is over 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in the short term. That means this process isn't just a local hazard — it's a global <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> risk.</p><p>"Thawing permafrost can also accelerate other problems. Warmer, wetter conditions can spread disease, disrupt food systems, and increase the severity of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> events by adding more heat-trapping polluting gases to the atmosphere.</p><p>"While extreme events such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floods</span></a> aren't new, scientists agree that a hotter planet — caused by human activity, mainly the burning of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> — makes them both more destructive and more frequent."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/residents-stunned-strange-formations-appear-111505716.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/residents-stunn</span><span class="invisible">ed-strange-formations-appear-111505716.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YamalNenets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YamalNenets</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReindeerHerders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReindeerHerders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArcticCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArcticCircle</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PermafrostMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PermafrostMelt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MethaneRelease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MethaneRelease</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MethaneEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MethaneEmissions</span></a></p>