The researchers ultimately identified up to 10°C more summer warming in northern Siberia during the Last Interglacial compared to summers today, with fossilized plant material suggesting that ...

It was summer in eastern Siberia, far above the Arctic Circle, in that part of Russia that’s closer to Alaska than to Moscow. There wasn’t a speck of frost or snow in sight. Yet at this cliff ...

Forest fires in Siberia are common. But this summer unusually hot weather, dry thunderstorms and strong winds have combined to spark an emergency - in Siberia wildfires have engulfed an area the ...

As the Arctic’s permafrost thaws, deadly microbes are being released, causing problems for humans and animals.

Scientists in Siberia are carrying out tests after discovering ... nicknamed "Yana" after the river in whose basin it was discovered this summer, are the best-preserved mammoth carcass in the ...

It is only one of seven in the world. Last summer, Russian scientists made an astonishing discovery in the Yakutia, a region making headlines due to the stunningly well-preserved carcasses found ...

Researchers in Russia on Monday unveiled the remarkably well-preserved remains of a 50,000-year-old female baby mammoth found in thawing permafrost in the Yakutia region of Siberia. The remains of ...