A interdisciplinary research team with researchers within environmental geosciences and permafrost consisting of Helge Hellevang, Mats Rouven Ippach, Sebastian Westermann and Mohammad Nooraiepour, all researchers at the Department of Geosciences, have proposed a new model for the formation of the craters. The craters have appeared in the last 15 years, and go by the name 'Gas emission crater' (GECs). The new model includes permafrost, natural gas, explosions and local geology.
They have since the release of the paper received a lot of attention in international media such as New Scientist, Sciences Times, etcetera, see links below.
The original paper is found here:
Hellevang, H., Ippach, M. R., Westermann, S., M. Nooraiepour: Formation of giant Siberian gas emission craters (GECs), Earth ArXiv (preprint submitted Dec. 2023)
Articles 'In media':
Siberia’s mysterious exploding craters may be caused by hot gas, NewScientist 15.01.2024
The mystery of Siberia's strange exploding craters may have finally been solved, Business Insider, 15.01.2024
Mysteries of Bizarre Giant Exploding Craters in Siberian Permafrost Could Finally Be Unraveled, Sciences Times, 16.01.2024
New Theory Links Mysterious Holes Spotted in Siberia To Gas Eruptions, Forbes, 29.01.2024
and more ...
Also read about the study in Norwegian at the site: Titan.uio.no
Enorme kratere i Sibir skyldes eksplosjoner i permafrosten, titan.uio.no, 24.01.2024