Expedition to the world’s biggest permafrost ‘crater’ in Yakutia seeks secret of taming antimicrobial resistance.
After a month of warm, dry weather and wildfires, the huge crater nicknamed ‘Mouth of Hell’ is now under direct threat.
Destruction of trees by flames could see Batagai Depression ‘rapidly enlarge’ while remote local settlements also threatened.
Scientists presented unique discovery made inside the Batagai crater in Yakutia.
Prosecutors probe flight from Yakutsk to Batagai as leaked video is flagged by local media.
Permafrost preserved the ‘oldest blood in the world’ boosting hopes of bringing extinct species back to life.
Radiocarbon dating shows baby horse is 42,170 years old: bid to restore the species will 'pave the way for return of woolly mammoth'.
Running water is one of the most soothing and relaxing sounds known to man, but here it signals the rapid thawing of ground frozen for thousands of years.
Topsy-turvy summer swings from Saudi-heat to freezer in Arctic north of Russia’s largest region of Yakutia.