Since covid brought the world to a standstill in 2020, thoughts have turned to what the next global pandemic could be.

Beneath the icy surface of permafrost lies a hidden world of ancient organisms. These microorganisms have been trapped in ice ...

In the study, researchers extracted frozen permafrost samples from about 12 feet below the surface in Siberia. Using carbon dating, they confirmed that the soil—and the organisms inside—had ...

Scientists have made a leap in genetic engineering by pushing elephant cells into an embryonic-like state. This marks a major ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Researchers found a mummified saber-toothed cat in Russian permafrost. Despite being at least 35,000 years old, the cub retained most ...

Measuring 1.2 meters (nearly four feet) at the shoulder and weighing 180 kilograms (almost 400 pounds), Yana's preserved body offers a treasure trove of information.

Many peatlands have been frozen over thousands of years in permafrost with "nearly 20% of the permafrost areas, store[ing] nearly 50% of soil carbon of the permafrost ecosystem, equal to nearly 10 ...

As permafrost laced with buried ice thaws, the ground collapses, forming craters or lakes. This story appears in the September 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sergey Zimov, right ...

“We're in that period of time now,” she said, “where the changes are so erratic and so extreme, there's a good chance your sites will either be burned, actively on fire or flooded because the ...

The pipeline will be buried in a trench, mostly in permafrost.' And we looked at each other in sort of a manner of disbelief." — Art Lachenbruch, U.S. Geological Survey Art Lachenbruch was a ...

The Arctic permafrost thaw is hazardous to the livelihood, safety, health, food security, and the infrastructure of communities living in Arctic regions, an international group of scientists have ...