Ground is collapsing and massive lakes are draining in a matter of days. Thawing permafrost is having profound effects on the ...

A decade ago, a mysterious crater appeared in the Russian Arctic, forming a huge jagged hole hundreds of feet wide. Since ...

In 2020, researchers in Russia uncovered a mummified carnivore cub frozen in the Siberian permafrost for nearly 37,000 years.

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The sabre-toothed cat cub is almost small enough to hold in one hand, but its discovery after 32,000 years is a momentous ...

The cub is part of the homotherium genus, which lived across North America, Eurasia and Africa from around 4 million years ...

Researchers have found a 37,000-year-old mummified sabre-tooth kitten in Russian permafrost, a first-of-its-kind discovery.

Boreal forests and Arctic tundra are underlain by millions of square kilometers of permafrost, and scientists are still unsure of how the thawing of this long-frozen soil will affect the climate.

"Meanwhile, we know that this is not always the case and that nitrous oxide is outgassed at very high rates from special permafrost locations as found in the Arctic or tundra," notes Biasi.