Scientists offered a new explanation for the huge craters that keep appearing in Siberia. These craters, first spotted in 2012, can be more than 160 feet deep and over 65 feet wide. They may be due to ...

Is the Siberian permafrost exploding? Recent reports out of the Arctic Circle suggest that methane pockets are erupting and causing huge craters, but scientists aren't so sure that these features are ...

Parts of Siberia's landscape are a ticking time bomb. Giant craters started mysteriously appearing 10 years ago. A team of scientists think they finally know why. Tucked away in the frigid northern ...

A decade ago, a mysterious crater appeared in the Russian Arctic, forming a huge jagged hole hundreds of feet wide, plunging down into an inky abyss. It was surrounded by enormous chunks of soil and ...

Russia is setting up an early warning system of seismic sensors hoping to predict new permafrost explosions leading to the formation of bizarre 'Arctic domes'. The move follows fears that future ...

The Yamal Peninsula in northwest Siberia consists mostly of permafrost ground and is geologically a very young place, with some areas less than 10,000 years old. The region is largely undeveloped, ...

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