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Origins of Siberia's Mysterious Craters May Lie Deeper Than We Thought


More than a decade after mysterious holes were first discovered in the permafrost of Western Siberia, scientists are still putting forward new theories – from gas explosions to meteor impacts – on how they are formed.

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