A new virus on the horizon: Why is the melting Arctic unleashing ancient germs?

Scientists have resurrected numerous big viruses that had been buried for tens of thousands of years in the frozen Siberian earth (permafrost).

The virus that was resurrected was just 27,000 years old. The oldest, a Pandoravirus, was approximately 48,500 years old. This is the oldest vi...

CLIMATE SCIENTISTS: A PROLONGED HEATWAVE IN SIBERIA IS ALARMING

Highlights

• It has been linked to the oil spill, wildfires, etc. 
• In the polar regions, the rise in temperature is rapid  

Climate scientists have said that a prolonged heatwave in Siberia is certainly ...

OIL SPILL WITHIN ARCTIC CIRCLE – PUTIN DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY

Highlights –

• Siberian city of Norilsk reported an oil spill from a fuel tank at a power plant.
• Government agencies found out about the leak only two days later, via social media.
• Russian President expresses deep concern and declares a...

With the dispatch of 'Power of Siberia' pipeline and two different undertakings, Russia set to bond job as gas 'boss'

President Vladimir Putin and Chinese pioneer Xi Jinping on Monday propelled a gas pipeline that is the first of three yearning ventures expected to bond Moscow's job as a top gas exporter. Putin and Xi initiated by video connect up the "Intensity of Siberia" pipeline, sending Siberi...