{"id":109058,"date":"2024-10-01T09:28:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T02:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109058"},"modified":"2024-10-01T09:28:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T02:28:45","slug":"dozens-of-huge-craters-discovered-at-the-bottom-of-this-great-lake-scientists-want-to-know-how-they-got-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109058","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of huge &#8216;craters&#8217; discovered at the bottom of this Great Lake \u2014 scientists want to know how they got there"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Great Lake has an even greater mystery. <\/p>\n<p>Dozens of massive, 600-foot-wide sinkholes have recently been discovered 500 feet below Lake Michigan, but how they got there remains a head-scratcher.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2022, the\u00a0Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/09\/us-news\/freighter-takes-on-water-after-hitting-underwater-object-in-lake-superior-coast-guard\/\">detected the anomaly<\/a> through sonar. Last month, a new, remote expedition was sent to its section of water 14 miles southeast of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/planet-earth\/geology\/scientists-confirm-there-are-40-huge-craters-at-the-bottom-of-lake-michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LiveScience reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Strange sinkhole like depths have been discovered in Lake Michigan. <span class=\"credit\">NOAA&#8217;s Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s now a geological question in mind. How did they form? Why are they there, specifically in the bedrock?\u201d Wisconsin Maritime Museum Director Kevin Cullen<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmj4.com\/were-all-scratching-our-heads-this-historic-lake-michigan-discovery-could-uncover-lake-mysteries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> told TMJ4 News<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all scratching our heads wondering, what could these things be?\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Experts are perplexed as to what the holes could be. <span class=\"credit\">NOAA&#8217;s Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Right now, Cullen, who noted a slim 10 to 15% of Lake Michigan\u2019s massive floor has been explored,  pontificates a potential connection to the underwater gorges being formed by glaciers centuries ago.<\/p>\n<p>However, local shipwreck hunter Brendon Baillod told LiveScience he isn\u2019t ready to call the underwater phenomena sinkholes just yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they might be more accurately called craters,\u201d Baillod said, explaining that they may be the result of trapped gas or water upwelling towards the surface.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Further research needs to be done to further understand the source of the holes at the bottom of Lake Michigan. <span class=\"credit\">NOAA&#8217;s Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the nearby Lake Huron, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/scitable\/knowledge\/library\/rock-water-microbes-underwater-sinkholes-in-lake-25851285\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related research<\/a> detected similar sinkholes as well.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Cullen is embracing the mystery and what could come from further research on the lesser-understood region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the beauty of storytelling, the beauty of scientific inquiry,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s always new stones to be uncovered.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/30\/science\/dozens-of-huge-craters-discovered-at-the-bottom-of-this-great-lake-scientists-want-to-know-how-they-got-there\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Great Lake has an even greater mystery. 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