# Methane eruptions from seabed sediments occasionally sink vessels by reducing buoyancy.

> Still possible: Methane eruptions from seabed sediments occasionally sink vessels by reducing buoyancy.

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# Methane eruptions from seabed sediments occasionally sink vessels by reducing buoyancy.

Methane eruptions from seabed sediments occasionally sink vessels by reducing buoyancy.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Seabed gas release large enough to sink a ship is observed in the area.
- Losses correlate with known gas hydrate fields.

## What would rule it out

- No seabed gas eruptions of the required size observed in the area.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Experiments and simulations show that a single large bubble can sink a floating body of comparable size.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/evidence/EVD0D667B347CFA/experiments-and-simulations-show-that-a-single-large-bubble)

Supported

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[NOAA calls methane eruption grounded in science but not in evidence.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/evidence/EVD0D667BAY4EGV/noaa-calls-methane-eruption-grounded-in-science-but-not-in)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Which natural hazards account for losses without trace in this area?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/questions/QST0D66729W1W9T/which-natural-hazards-account-for-losses-without-trace-in)

Part of [Do ships and aircraft vanish in the Bermuda Triangle more often than traffic and conditions would predict?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/questions/QST0D6671JE0Y7K/do-ships-and-aircraft-vanish-in-the-bermuda-triangle-more)

Most likelyStorms and sudden severe seas, from hurricanes and Gulf Stream weather, account for most losses without trace

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