Parts of Siberia's landscape are a ticking time bomb. Giant craters started mysteriously appearing 10 years ago. A team of scientists think they finally know why. Tucked away in the frigid northern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists offered a new explanation for the huge craters that keep appearing in Siberia. These craters, first spotted in 2012, ...

Over the last ten years, strange craters have torn open the icy ground of Siberia’s Yamal Peninsula. These gaping holes, first spotted in 2014, were soon linked to sudden methane explosions triggered ...

If an explosion of gas opens a great cavity in Siberia's permafrost, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Well, the methane gases it releases certainly send ripples around the world, ...

In recent years, Siberia’s giant exploding craters have left scientists baffled. First spotted in 2012 on the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas, these massive, gas-emission craters have become a symbol of ...

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Giant exploding craters only known to exist on Russia's permafrost-covered Yamal and Gydan peninsulas may result from a specific set of conditions not found elsewhere in the Arctic. When you purchase ...