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One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth Is in the Russian Arctic

Marianne Lavelle 04/12/2021

The intensity of Norilsk's pollution is detectable from space.

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We All Live on Permafrost

Susan Alexandra Crate 06/11/2021

Changing how scientists and policymakers consider Indigenous knowledge is...

Microplastic particles found in snow samples taken in Siberia are seen through a microscope in Tomsk

Is It Snowing Microplastics in Siberia?

Dmitry Turlyun 20/03/2021

Preliminary findings confirm that airborne plastic fibres are present...

A tiger rescued from a circus by Animal Defenders International in Guatemala arrives at its new home near Winburg, South Africa, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Siyabonga Sishi

Asia’s ‘Tiger Farms’ Have Rendered a Wild Animal Worth More Dead Than Alive

Simon Evans 25/02/2021

Tiger farms are speed-breeding factory farms that provide raw...

A lifesize model of a Woolly Mammoth in the Brno museum Anthropos

World’s Oldest DNA Sheds Light on How Mammoths Evolved

Scientists recovered DNA from the teeth of three ancient...

A carcass of a juvenile woolly rhinoceros, found in permafrost in Yakutia, is seen in this handout photo

Woolly Rhino Remains Found in Melting Siberian Permafrost

Tatyana Gomozova 03/01/2021

It likely roamed the Siberian hinterland more than 12,000...

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10 Reasons Why Climate Change Is a ‘Wicked’ Problem

Raghu Murtugudde 11/12/2019

6. Ordinary problems come with a limited set of...