Yakutsk, a Siberian city built on permafrost, is experiencing significant challenges as rising temperatures thaw the frozen ...
Frozen wolf pup stomach tissue produced a complete woolly rhino genome, implying stable genetics right before extinction hit fast.
A new study shows a growing share of greenhouse gas emissions is coming from natural, unmanaged ecosystems in response to ...
Researchers were able to sequence the full genome from the 14,000-year-old chunk of preserved woolly rhinoceros meat.
"The study proposes new ideas." Scientists discover troubling phenomenon that can cause land to sink and slide: 'This is of ...
About 670 million people live in high-mountain areas worldwide. Experts sound alarm after mountain collapses without warning: ...
Fossil fuel companies drilling into the Norwegian permafrost may be unleashing a hidden monster. After analyzing 18 hydrocarbon exploration wells in Svalbard, an archipelago located between Norway and ...
Hiking will always be a part of life in the Alps, but climate change has made navigating high-alpine routes more complicated ...
This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. To enter the Fox permafrost tunnel—one of the only places in the world dedicated to the firsthand scientific ...
Survival games love forests. There's something about hiding between the trees, hunting for supplies, and setting up your base amid lush wildlife that the genre can't step away from. Between Don't ...
Melting permafrost will release strange microbes into the atmosphere in coming years, scientists believe. They fear that ancient microbes, suspended in natural time capsules of permafrost, sometimes ...