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50,000-year-old baby mammoth discovered in ‘exceptional’ find: ‘Remarkably well preserved’
The female mammoth, nicknamed “Yana” after the river basin where she was discovered, was found in the now-melting permafrost at the Batagaika crater in eastern Siberia. Yana weighs more than ...
A giant hole in Siberia is visible from space and growing rapidly. It might reveal hints about our planet's future.
The Batagay crater, sometimes referred to as Batagaika or the "gateway to hell," represents a much larger, often invisible ...
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Arctic permafrost is thawing fast. That affects us all.
The Batagaika crater in eastern Siberia, half a mile wide and growing, is the largest of many across the Arctic. As permafrost laced with buried ice thaws, the ground collapses, forming craters or ...