For millennia, dangerous viruses have lurked beneath the Siberian permafrost. Now, a group of scientists has revived more than a dozen of these viruses from the ice to prove that it’s possible ...

Upon closer inspection, experts confirmed the astonishing find was not just any wolf head, but that of a prehistoric predator, preserved for 40,000 years in the Siberian permafrost. The discovery, ...

The Siberian permafrost, which includes areas in northern Canada, Alaska, and Greenland, has been host to other incredible archaeological finds in the past. In fact, the team responsible for the ...

“This is a unique discovery of the first ever remains ... the skull can be examined without destroying the head. The Siberian permafrost, which includes areas in northern Canada, Alaska, and ...

Researchers are now attempting to integrate new strategies to monitor permafrost and prevent its further melting. Researchers with the European Space Agency’s Climate Change Initiative (CCI) project ...

In 2018, a team of mammoth tusk hunters were excavating the Batagaika crater, located in Russia’s Siberian region, when they came across what would be a groundbreaking discovery. Embedded beneath 30 ...

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ocean, where it can contribute to climate change, according to new ...

Utilizing over three decades of geospatial data, researchers pinpointed areas where permafrost, critical to the global climate ... The most substantial land warming between 1997-2020 occurred in the ...

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Across the globe, discoveries of ancient creatures preserved in ice have provided modern science with a window into the distant past. These findings are not only captivating but offer invaluable ...