Researchers incubated permafrost samples from Alaska at different temperatures and found that microbes from the last ice age ...

In 2020, archaeologists uncovered the well-preserved remains of a mummified bird from the Siberian permafrost. The bird was ...

The frozen, barren soil of the Arctic isn’t as lifeless as it looks. Locked inside the permafrost is a strikingly diverse ...

Once they awaken, these microbes continue to break down soil and release carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere.

Massive craters are forming in Siberia due to explosive methane releases from thawing permafrost. The phenomenon is a ...

More than a decade after mysterious holes were first discovered in the permafrost of Western Siberia, scientists are still ...

In one such recent discovery, researchers found that microbes living deep within the Alaskan permafrost for more than 40,000 years are now coming back to life as the rising global temperature in the ...

An ancient cat was found almost perfectly preserved in Siberia's permafrost. Researchers found the mummy of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed cub in what is now Russia's northeastern Sakha Republic, ...

According to many researchers, the Earth has passed a critical "point of no return." This does not mean that fighting climate ...

MOSCOW (AP) — The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia’s Siberia region who call it the best-preserved ...

Scientists say global warming is making extreme weather events like droughts, wildfires and floods more frequent and intense. — © AFP Patrick T. Fallon Scientists ...

In the vast white expanse around Churapcha in eastern Siberia, the ever more rapid thaw of the permafrost is changing the landscape, cracking up houses and releasing greenhouse gases. A growing number ...