This fluid experiment actually illustrates one of the mechanisms by which boats and ships have mysteriously sunk in the Bermuda Triangle.
The reason the fluid rises in the flask experiment is because it had less density when the CO2 comes out of solution. So there is an imbalance in weights.
Similarly, in the Bermuda Triangle there are massive deposits of methane in the ground, and they can be triggered to release up to the surface in an abrupt chain reaction. During this time the bubble rich water is less dense and as a consequence it can not sustain heavy ships, which sink rapidly as if they went off a cliff.
Disclaimer : this is not my original idea, I'm repeating what I saw in a film documentary about the Bermuda Triangle. Of course this does not explain the wildly spinning compasses and other bizarre electromagnetic effects, including time travel according to some.
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