"Door to Hell" is getting bigger: Scientists are worried!

The giant stingray-shaped hole lost in the middle of Siberia, nicknamed "The Gate to Hell", continues to grow. This hole in the Earth's surface is a warning about climate change in the Arctic Circle.

It has grown more than 3 times in 33 years

Visible from space thanks to sleep images, Siberia's "Gateway to Hell" continues to grow amid the permafrost.

The images published by the US Geological Survey also prove this. The difference between 1991 and 2024 is astonishing to those who see it.

From above, it looks like you’re watching a living thing grow. A study published in the June 15, 2024 issue of the Journal of Geomophology predicts that this giant pit will expand by one million cubic meters per year.

Increasing global warming in recent years is making it harder for the frozen soil to hold on and is causing it to grow larger.

2 gases will be released: CO2 and methane

There is still a large area of ​​soil there, but since permafrost also contains the bodies of plants and animals that have been trapped for hundreds or even thousands of years, as the pit expands, these fossils trapped in the ice will begin to decay, releasing two gases responsible for global warming: CO2 and methane. The more the permafrost melts, the more global warming gases are released.

In the study published in June 2024, it is estimated that "Hell's Gate will release approximately 5 thousand tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere per year.