summer 2016

Ancient items of jewellery found by archeologists on Taymyr peninsula are stone labrets which were inserted into the face below the bottom lip.

Pictures show how drivers face deadly threat from summer fire 'hell' as fuel truck went at top speed to avoid killer spark.

Concern over world's oldest and deepest lake as nasty odour and green algae discourages sunbathers in Buryatia.

Challenge to polar doom warning from respected international expert Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University.

Shoreline on remote island retreats by 74 metres in seven years due to increased wave power of unfrozen sea, and thawing permafrost.

200 metres wide thermocirque seen weeks after scientists find funnel in the Yamal peninsula, caused by build up of methane.

Greenpeace claim authorities underestimate the scale of destruction, amid warnings of lack of resources to fight fires. 

Archeologists discovered a new stone bracelet, two sharp pins, a marble ring and fox tooth pendants.

Bulging bumps in the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas believed to be caused by thawing permafrost releasing methane.

Tornado - first since 1954 - signals freak downpour, opening craters in roads which swallow up cars.