As one area continues to fight blaze, communities in tragedy-hit Khakassia show that human spirit and togetherness can prevail.

Premier Dmitry Medvedev launches inquiry into the tragedy which leaves almost 600 injured. 

Tearful plea on president's televised call-in leads to promise to overcome carnage in Khakassia and Chita.

US National Weather Service claims smoke haze from deadly inferno has crossed the Pacific.

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

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

World's coldest region defies its stereotype. 

Unique research station in the remote taiga is used by scientists worldwide to measure if man is behind climate change.

Winter comes to summer including freak hailstorms, mega-flooding but also wild fires.

'Second Spring' arrives with rhododendron blossoming for rare encore in October.