New study warns of methane escaping from the sea floor due to degradation of submarine permafrost.
An expedition is underway to locate and analyse deposits of methane in 'underwater permafrost' in the seas of Okhotsk and Japan.
New expedition in Laptev Sea suggests increase in the rate of underwater permafrost degradation.
Irkutsk photographer captures multi-layered columns of bubbles through crystal clear ice.
Warning of methane blasts in Kara Sea adjacent to Yamal craters caused by gas eruptions associated with melting permafrost due to global warming.
Earth is moving as 'leaking methane gas due to global warming causes surface to bubble' in a new phenomenon.
A methane explosion at Mine No. 7 in the Prokopyevsky district of Kemerovo region led to the deaths of four miners.
A methane explosion ripped through the pit in Kemerovo region - but 101 safely escaped to the surface.
More craters expected to form due to such eruptions as permafrost melts - and they ARE caused by global warming releasing methane gas.
Subsea permafrost thaws faster than previously thought, Russian scientists say.