I recognize that regional/localized warming could account for it, but that's not what they wrote. They should have phrased their hypothesis better.
Michael in so. Cal. On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Yinan Wang <veom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't dismiss something just because it uses the phrase "Global > Warming." In this case all it takes is regional warming in the arctic > circle to release methane previously frozen in the permafrost, which > can ignite underground and explode. > > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Michael Mulgrew via Meteorite-list > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: >> Their "most plausible theory" involves global warming? Global warming >> isn't even a plausible theory any more, ask a climatologist. >> >> This article acknowleges that it is not a meteorite crater, which is >> apparent from the pictures: >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2693105/Giant-hole-appears-Siberia-Huge-crater-emerges-end-world.html >> >> "A spokesman for the ministry's Yamal branch has ruled out a >> meteorite, but says it is too early to say what caused the hole. >> >> 'We can definitely say that it is not a meteorite,' he says." >> >> Michael in so. Cal. >> >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list >> <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: >>> This is not a meteorite crater, unless you think meteorites drill holes >>> hundreds of feet deep. >>> >>> Michael Farmer >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On Jul 16, 2014, at 9:01 AM, Chauncey Walden via Meteorite-list >>>> <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/10970468/Mysterious-giant-hole-appears-in-Siberia.html >>>> Chauncey >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>>> http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>> http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
