Giant Mine, near the subarctic city of Yellowknife, was once one of the biggest gold mines in the Northwest Territories, said ...

Imagine the earth slowly thawing, revealing secrets locked away for tens of thousands of years. In the wild, frozen stretches ...

Arctic permafrost isn’t thawing gradually, as scientists once predicted. Geologically speaking, it’s thawing almost overnight. As soils like the ones at Duvanny Yar soften and slump ...

Thawing permafrost has released so much methane into Esieh Lake near Fairbanks, Alaska that the air above it is flammable. Credit: Katey Walter Anthony/ University of Alaska Fairbanks ...

In the vast white expanse around Churapcha in eastern Siberia, the ever more rapid thaw of the permafrost is changing the ...

In the vast white expanse around Churapcha in eastern Siberia, the ever more rapid thaw of the permafrost is changing the landscape, cracking up houses and releasing greenhouse gases. A growing ...

Better knowledge and mapping of existing infrastructure is leading to a new estimate of future thaw costs under varying ...

And Giant Mine is not the only example of melting permafrost unleashing potentially poisonous chemicals. It is, according to environmentalists, a "warning" for those who "want to mine the riches ...

Churapcha (Russia) (AFP) – In the vast white expanse around Churapcha in eastern Siberia, the ever more rapid thaw of the permafrost is changing the landscape, cracking up houses and releasing ...

The world’s northernmost commercial airport, popular with tourists seeking snowy landscapes and Arctic adventures, has warned ...