Researchers believe they have found an explanation for Siberia's mysterious exploding craters — and it has to do with rising global temperatures. Starting in 2012, giant craters were spotted in ...

Michil Yakovlev, Mammoth Museum at the Russian North-Eastern Federal University telegram channel via AP A baby mammoth that lay almost perfectly preserved for 50,000 years in the now-melting ...

In the Arctic tundra of Alaska, climate change is forcing an Alaska Native village to relocate. Rising temperatures are melting the underground permafrost. The melted ice then mixes with the soil, ...

As glaciers and ice sheets retreat, they are exposing objects, organisms, and landscapes that have been locked away for centuries or even millennia. Those revelations are reshaping how I understand ...

Yakutsk, a Siberian city built on permafrost, is experiencing significant challenges as rising temperatures thaw the frozen ground. Buildings require reinforcement, roads deform, and infrastructure ...

While you may have heard of permafrost, what is it exactly? The term permafrost refers to ground that has stayed at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum of two years. It varies in how thick it ...