Japan's TV Asahi reported on February 15 that in Moerai Swamp Park in Sapporo City, Hokkaido, a strange phenomenon occurred in "Mount Moere", which is the site of snow mountain view - as a snowy mountain attraction, the snow covered on this mountain has recently seen a huge crack.
Quoting the Snow Mountain Management Agency, on February 11, the staff suddenly found a crack in the snow on the snowy mountain, which was initially 90 meters long, 2 meters wide and about 1.8 meters deep, and then the crack gradually expanded, and on the afternoon of February 13, it increased to 150 meters long and 10 meters wide. As a snowy mountain attraction in the park, Mount Moere also offers skiing and other activities, but with the emergence of cracks, the spot is currently considered unsafe, and the area around the snowy mountain has been blocked, and placing placing placards that read ,"There is a danger of avalanches, no entry" has been placed.
After the report of this incident, the abnormal phenomenon about this snowy mountain has also triggered a lot of discussion, so some netizens will ask: Is it an abnormal phenomenon that suddenly appears in the snowy mountain? Is it a precursor to a volcanic eruption? Is it related to earthquakes? Could it be related to global warming?
Although there are frequent earthquakes and volcanoes in Japan, Mount Moere is not actually a volcano, and there have been no earthquakes in the region recently, and the reason for this strange phenomenon may be related to the mountain itself - the height of This Moere Mountain is actually only 52 meters high, it is an "artificial mountain". The park itself is a 2.7 million-ton non-combustible landfill that was eventually rebuilt as part of Sapporo City's "Circular Green Belt Project" and finally opened in 2005 as an art park open to the public, and Mount Moere is actually a "garbage mountain" that landfills garbage, which has been transformed into a park attraction after a series of treatments.
But landfill itself is a rather complex project, the landfill garbage to be transformed into a scenic spot, the landfill needs to be sealed layer by layer, and eventually covered with turf, the landfill garbage will still produce waste gas and waste liquid, still need to be continuously treated. Therefore, it can be said that the snow-covered lower cushion surface is actually not very strong in itself, and even the landfill garbage will continue to heat up, and the sliding of the snow layer is inevitable, and cracks will appear. From this point of view, this anomaly may be a "man-made disaster".