The 165-year-old mystery of the Bermuda Triangle has been solved

Scientists have found giant craters on the seabed off the coast of Norway, helping to reveal the cause of the formation of the famous Bermuda Triangle.

The Bermuda Triangle is the burial ground of many ships and planes. Illustration: Youtube.

The craters are 500 meters wide and 46 meters deep. They may have been caused by gas leaking from oil and gas deposits deep under the seabed. The gas accumulates in the sediment before causing explosions on the seabed and surrounding waters, the International Business Times reported on March 13.

"The numerous giant craters that exist on the seafloor in the central-western Barents Sea may be the result of large-scale gas explosions. The crater area is certainly one of the hotspots of methane release in the Arctic," said a team of researchers at the Norwegian University of Science.

Researchers have recently developed a radar device that can produce detailed images of the seafloor, according to the Sunday Times. The graphic clearly shows areas of methane gas leakage around the world. The discovery could provide a scientific explanation for a series of reports from sailors of unexplained bubbling seas.

The findings will be presented in April at the annual meeting of the European Geosciences Union. One of the controversial topics is the potential for methane bubbles to pose a safety threat to shipping, which could be responsible for the disappearance of ships in the Bermuda Triangle.

The Bermuda Triangle in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Photo: Wikipedia.

The Bermuda Triangle, or "Devil's Triangle", is an area in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean bordering Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Melbourne, Florida, United States, where many ships and planes have mysteriously disappeared over long periods of time. Since it was first recorded in 1851, an estimated 8,127 people have gone missing in the Bermuda Triangle.

The bedrock in this area has an unusual magnetic field that can cause compasses to drift. Meanwhile, frozen methane deposits can explode violently, capable of sinking large ships. Waterspouts with winds of up to 120 mph are also common in the area, especially in the summer when the air is humid and the sea is warm.

According to VNE

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