{"id":485,"date":"2016-03-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/cage\/2016\/03\/14\/craters-in-barents-sea-not-connected-to-bermuda-triangle\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T10:33:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T08:33:40","slug":"craters-in-barents-sea-not-connected-to-bermuda-triangle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/cage\/2016\/03\/14\/craters-in-barents-sea-not-connected-to-bermuda-triangle\/","title":{"rendered":"Craters in Barents Sea not connected to Bermuda Triangle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Multiple giant craters have been discovered on\u00a0the ocean floor in the Barents Sea. Contrary to recent media reports, they are not connected to theories about Bermuda Triangle. They are however connected to huge blowouts of methane gas in the area during the last deglaciation.<\/h4>\n<p>Text: Maja Sojtaric<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Recent media coverage links our discovery of giant craters in the Barents Sea to blow outs of gas that are rumoured to be behind disappearance of ships in the so called Bermuda Triangle.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text vk_txt tw-ta tw-text-small\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">&#8220;We have discovered many large craters on the seabed in the central Barents Sea. Analyses suggest that blowout of methane gas once the ice retreated after the last Ice Age formed these craters. We have yet to publish these results, so these are preliminary. What I can say is that we are not making any links to the Bermuda Triangle&#8221;, says Professor Karin Andreassen at CAGE . <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text vk_txt tw-ta tw-text-small\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">&#8220;Craters are gigantic, up to one kilometer wide and 30 meters deep, and give evidence on blowouts of gas from the seabed. Blowouts can be linked to thawing of gas hydrates, which is methane in form of ice, beneath the seabed after the last Ice Age ended. But conditions during the last ice age can not be compared with what we see today&#8221;, says Andreassen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The abstract that has triggered massive media attention around these craters has been submitted to the General Assembly of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egu2016.eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Geoscience Union (EGU) <\/a>and can be read here: <a href=\"http:\/\/meetingorganizer.copernicus.org\/EGU2016\/EGU2016-14375.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High-resolution 3D seismic investigation of giant sea\ufb02oor craters in the Barents Sea.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text vk_txt tw-ta tw-text-small\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">\n<p class=\"tw-data-text vk_txt tw-ta tw-text-small\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">Some of the\u00a0craters were first discovered by geophysicist, including professor\u00a0J\u00fcrgen Mienert who is now director of CAGE, on board German research vessels over 20 years ago. New technology however enables CAGE scientists to map\u00a0with detail the large extent of the crater area, and other associated features. The work will be submitted to publications in the spring 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text vk_txt tw-ta tw-text-small\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">\n<p class=\"tw-data-text vk_txt tw-ta tw-text-small\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">Until then the curious can find following \u00a0publications interesting:<\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text vk_txt tw-ta tw-text-small\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">\u00a0Solheim A. and Elverh\u00f8i A.\u00a0<em>Gas-related sea floor craters in the Barents Sea<\/em>, Geo -Marine Letters (1993) 13: 235-243<\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text vk_txt tw-ta tw-text-small\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">Lammers S.,Suess E., Hovland M.<em>\u00a0A large methane plume east of Bear Island (Barents Sea): implications for the marine methane cycle.<\/em>\u00a0Geol Rundsch (1995) 84: 59-66<\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text vk_txt tw-ta tw-text-small\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple giant craters have been discovered on\u00a0the ocean floor in the Barents Sea. 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