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An iceberg melts in Kulusuk, Greenland near the Arctic Circle, Aug, 16, 2005. A new report finds permafrost in the Arctic is thawing faster than ever before.
Environment
Critical permafrost research in Russia disrupted by war in Ukraine
Smoke rises from wildfires near Berezovka River in Russia
A heat wave in Siberia signals dangerous Arctic warming
Chris Tara-Browne was a coffee magnate in Siberia. Now, he's starting over again in California. His new venture, CaféUnity, is going in in what was a hot dog stand in Rohnert Park.
Business
Siberia’s coffee king is setting up shop back home in California
Natalia Pinus decided to run for the Novosibirsk City Council in Siberia. And she decided to run as an independent.
Global Politics
This woman demonstrated that even in Russia all politics is local
A Nepalese army personnel stands in front of a collapsed temple in Bhaktapur, Nepal a day after the April 25 earthquake rocked the country. The quake devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu valley, killing thousands and triggering a deadly avalanche on M
Environment
Earthquakes create as well as destroy
Police detain environmental activist Evgenia Chirikova during an opposition rally in Moscow in 2012. Chirikova's efforts to save a protected forest ultimately made her a leading critic of the Russian government. Now after years of pressure from the govern
Environment
She opposed Putin. They tried to take away her kids.
The MV Akademik Shokalskiy got caught in encroaching ice off Antarctica in late December of 2013. The Russian ship's 52 passengers were airlifted to a nearby icebreaker more than a week later.
Environment
In looking back at this year’s environmental news there’s a lot of doom and gloom — but not entirely
This gaping hole in the Siberian tundra was the first of two recently discovered on Russia's far northern Yamal Peninsula. Scientists say they almost certainly appeared on the landscape only recently, and may be a result of a buildup of gas underground, l
Environment
Scientists are trying to get to the bottom of those mysterious new holes in Siberia
This gaping hole in the Siberian tundra was the first of two recently discovered on Russia's far northern Yamal Peninsula. Scientists say they almost certainly appeared on the landscape only recently, and may be a result of a buildup of gas underground, l
Environment
Scientists are trying to get to the bottom of those mysterious new holes in Siberia
Environment
The U2 spy plane, the road to Lake Baikal, and the presidential trip to Russia that never happened
Environment
The U2 spy plane, the road to Lake Baikal, and the presidential trip to Russia that never happened
Arts, Culture & Media
Siberia’s not what you think it is. It’s not even that cold
Boat
Environment
The protectors of the world’s largest fresh water lake may be put out of business by a Russian court
Arts, Culture & Media
Scientists Debate the Prospects for Bringing Woolly Mammoth Back to Life
Arts, Culture & Media
Expedition Across Frozen Siberian Frontier
Arts, Culture & Media
Scientists Map An Extinct Denisovan Girl’s Genome
Conflict & Justice
A Siberian City on Russia’s Protest Map
Blog: Holding Back the Gobi
Raging Rivers
Sacred Sea
Eskimos in Russia
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Travels in Siberia’ with Ian Frazier
Environment
Probing Lake Baikal