google earth image of a giant brown textured squiggly crater in the shape of a horseshoe crab in the middle of a green forested landscape
The Batagay crater, as seen on Google Earth in satellite data from May.
  • Satellite images show a giant hole in Siberia is rapidly expanding.
  • The Batagay megaslump is a result of the ground thawing and collapsing as Arctic temperatures rise.
  • It's an extreme case of a changing Arctic landscape accelerating the climate crisis.

A giant hole in the earth is breaking open the land in Siberia, and photos from space show it's growing rapidly.