Antidote to gloomy news in the world as 1,525 wear swimsuits for annual Siberian snow festival.

With all Siberia's seven time zone now below zero, this theory seems mad.

Flights late on Thursday and on Friday suffered disruption due to smog caused by blazes in dry woodland made vulnerable by the current heat wave.

Abnormally hot May weather resembles midsummer with air temperatures as high as +35C.

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

Nowhere in the world runs its roads, trains and airports as well as Siberia during the harsh winters.

It may seem unusual but sunbathing in snow and wearing nothing more than a swimming costume in -10C can help fitness.

Extreme weather phenomena along with wildfires and flooding are the future 'due to global climate change’.

Russia’s coldest region harvests first berries and mushrooms weeks ahead of schedule.

As western Europe chills in unusually harsh weather, which it blames on Russia (of course!), here’s how we cope with the deep freeze.