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The "new" holes discovered on the Yamal Peninsula lie on part of the vast area of permafrost tundra that rings the arctic in northern Europe, Asia and North America. Permafrost expert Vladimir Romanovsky says he believes the craters are similar in many wa
The "new" holes discovered on the Yamal Peninsula lie on part of the vast area of permafrost tundra that rings the arctic in northern Europe, Asia and North America. Permafrost expert Vladimir Romanovsky says he believes the craters are similar in many ways to sinkholes, which are appearing more and more often across the region as the Arctic warms and permafrost thaws, and he expects more will be found and will continue to be formed in the years ahead.
Credit: Marya Zulinova/Press Service of Governor YaNAO