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Concern from scientists over potential danger to gas production facilities in region vital for energy supplies.

Arctic permafrost is degrading much faster than expected, warn scientists from the extreme north of Yakutia.

Bulging bumps in the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas believed to be caused by thawing permafrost releasing methane.

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.

Fear that thawing permafrost caused damage to storage tank.

Northern territories ‘will become arable farmland in 20-to-30 years', and will have to adapt - fast.

Is global warming the real cause of the raging wildfires sweeping this Siberian republic? 

Scientists rush to site of latest tundra eruption - which formed a crater 50 metres deep - amid fears for homes and key industrial sites.