Damage from wave of floods already labelled 'catastrophic' with worse to come as Russian president Vladimir Putin demands: 'Put people first'.
Environmentalists call for World Bank to halt funding for projects that could alter flow of rivers leading into lake with water nearing critical low.
Thousands of years ago woolly mammoths came here to die: but why? The macabre ancient remains haunt local residents to this day.
Across the Russian polar regions, these eye-catching pictures show how thawing soil leads to territories being washed away.
Until now, it was believed no form of life could exist on the Red planet.
Remains of extinct 'Steppe Mammoth' could bring new leap in understanding of 200,000 year old creatures.