Average temperatures in the north of the Kara and Barents seas were 4C to 5C higher than previous years.

The US actor warns that Yakutia - officially called the Sakha Republic - is 'extremely vulnerable' to global warming.

Besides, it is impossible to halt global warming which has been underway for many decades, insists the president.

Startling new evidence of thawing of glacial ice in less than six decades, with process speeding in last ten years.

World's coldest region defies its stereotype. 

Global warming spells doom for boreal forests with potentially dramatic implications for carbon release in dark taiga.

Russia's coldest region is up to 20C milder than average this month, say meteorologists. 

Part of Vasyugan Mire - the largest bog in the world - is to become a natural reserve this year, say reports.

These extraordinary pictures give graphic new evidence of climate change.