Mysterious craters exploded in Siberia’s permafrost. Scientists say they now know why
A decade ago, a mysterious crater appeared in the Russian Arctic, forming a huge jagged hole hundreds of feet wide. Since ...
The frozen carbon of the northern permafrost is on the move – we estimated by how much
Among the most rapidly changing parts of our planet are the coldest landscapes near the top of the globe, just south of the ...
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Mars meteorite found in drawer reveals history of water on Red Planet
"We think the water came from the melting of nearby sub-surface ice called permafrost, and that the permafrost melting was ...
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Scientists Have Figured Out Why Mysterious Craters Are Popping Up Around Siberia
That's the puzzle scientists have been wrestling with since 2014, when the first 100-foot-wide crater burst through soil that ...
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Melting Glaciers Are Causing Billions of Dollars of Damage
Thawing ice, from the high peaks to the poles, is producing extraordinarily expensive floods, infrastructure damage and ...
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Massive exploding methane craters are tearing Siberia apart and scientists finally know why
In the remote Siberian tundra, the ground itself has begun to explode. Since 2014, more than 20 mysterious craters, each ...
How a Martian Meteorite Found in a Drawer Rewrites Mars’ Water History
Scientists have traced the origins of the Lafayette Meteorite back to Mars, dating its water-altered minerals to 742 million ...
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37,000-year-old saber-toothed cub found frozen in Russian tundra
In 2020, researchers in Russia uncovered a mummified carnivore cub frozen in the Siberian permafrost for nearly 37,000 years.
Arctic animals are battling more diseases in recent decades. Here’s why.
Stories have surfaced of animals such as polar bears fighting off new diseases, and sometimes losing that fight.
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Mars meteorite found in drawer reveals history of water on Red Planet
"Instead, we think the water came from the melting of nearby sub-surface ice called permafrost, and that the permafrost melting was caused by magmatic activity that still occurs periodically on ...