Thawing permafrost

Arctic permafrost is degrading much faster than expected, warn scientists from the extreme north of Yakutia.

Northern territories ‘will become arable farmland in 20-to-30 years', and will have to adapt - fast.

Concern from scientists over potential danger to gas production facilities in region vital for energy supplies.

Running water is one of the most soothing and relaxing sounds known to man, but here it signals the rapid thawing of ground frozen for thousands of years.

Threat to Salekhard and Anadyr could come even sooner - by the mid-2020s - as thaw of frozen ground is forecast to have 'devastating' impact.

Fear that thawing permafrost caused damage to storage tank.

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

Is global warming the real cause of the raging wildfires sweeping this Siberian republic? 

An expedition is underway to locate and analyse deposits of methane in  'underwater permafrost' in the seas of Okhotsk and Japan.