A massive hole in Siberia has grown from a small gully into a mile-long scar as thawing permafrost collapses into mud and ...

Permafrost is frozen ground - a mixture of soil, rock, sand, and ice - that remains at or below 0°C for at least two consecutive years. Permafrost covers about a quarter of the landmass in the ...

A Wisconsin-sized region of frozen soil is thawing fast, releasing three trillion more gallons of water per year than it did just four decades ago And in Alaska, the loop seems to be speeding up. In a ...

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, ...

In the remote wilderness of Siberia, a groundbreaking study has unveiled the explosive origins of massive craters, linking them to subterranean methane eruptions and shifting the narrative on the role ...

New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, and communities. Something is rotten in the city of Nunapitchuk. In recent ...

Deep beneath the Arctic tundra, a dramatic phenomenon is unfolding. Explosive releases of methane gas are carving out massive craters in Siberia, some plunging over 150 feet into the ground—an ...

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 ...

In the remote Arctic, massive craters are ripping open the frozen earth—and scientists are worried. These aren’t meteors or bombs, but explosions caused by methane gas trapped beneath melting ...