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It Was 100 Degrees
in the Arctic Saturday

Jun 22, 2020 3:00 AM CDT

It Was 100 Degrees in the Arctic Saturday

If confirmed that will be its hottest temperature on record

(Newser) - If the temperature recorded in Verkhoyansk, Russia, on Saturday is confirmed, it will be an all-time high for Siberia. The city, just 6 miles north of the Arctic Circle, had a high of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, Weather.com reports. That would be the highest temperature on record anywhere north...

Barriers Aren't Stopping the Oil.
Now, Arctic Ocean Is in Peril

Jun 10, 2020 10:20 AM CDT

Barriers Aren't Stopping the Oil. Now, Arctic Ocean Is in Peril

Booms put in place to contain spill in northern Siberia last month haven't been working well

(Newser) - Fuel is flowing toward the Arctic Ocean in Russia's far north following a major diesel spill last month. Some 150,000 barrels of diesel—nearly half as much fuel as leaked in the Exxon Valdez tanker spill in Alaska in 1989—were released near the mining city of Norilsk...

536 Fishermen Rescued
From Giant Ice Floe

Jan 29, 2020 5:12 AM CST

536 Fishermen Rescued From Giant Ice Floe

Russians say men ignored safety warnings

(Newser) - Russia's emergency services rescued 536 ice fishermen after they got stranded on a giant ice floe that broke off the island of Sakhalin in eastern Siberia, officials say. Around 60 more people were able to get back on the shore on their own Tuesday evening, emergency officials said. The...

This Pup Is 18K Years Old

new study

Dec 2, 2019 12:12 PM CST

This Pup Is 18K Years Old

But it's not clear whether it's a dog or wolf that was found in Siberian permafrost

(Newser) - Daww. Melting permafrost in Siberia has revealed a well-preserved pup who was born about 18,000 years ago. In fact, the little guy still has his teeth, limbs, nose, whiskers, and eyelashes, reports the Siberian Times . The big question still unanswered: whether he's a dog or a wolf. The...

19 Dead in Icy Bus Plunge

Dec 1, 2019 3:30 PM CST

19 Dead in Icy Bus Plunge

Bus lands upside down in Siberia

(Newser) - Russian emergency officials say 19 people were killed when their bus plunged off a bridge onto a frozen river in eastern Siberia, the AP reports. Another 22 people were injured in the Sunday accident, Russian news agencies cited the Emergencies Ministry as saying. Initial investigation indicates that a front wheel...

At Least 15 Die After Dam
Collapse at Gold Mine

Oct 19, 2019 8:15 AM CDT

At Least 15 Die After Dam Collapse at Gold Mine

A criminal investigation is now underway

(Newser) - At least 15 gold miners in a remote part of Siberia were killed Saturday when a dam collapsed on their encampment, per Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations. Bloomberg and Reuters report that 13 people are still said to be missing after the early-morning calamity in the Krasnoyarsk region, which...

The Species Is Extinct. It May Soon Be 'Protected' Anyway

Why the Extinct Mammoth
Could Become 'Endangered'

Why the Extinct Mammoth Could Become 'Endangered'

Species may get new protections because of a 'gold rush' in emerging fossils

(Newser) - The last woolly mammoth died about 4,000 years ago. So why on earth might an international organization bestow protected status on the species? Because fossils are popping up so frequently in thawing Siberia that what the Guardian likens to a "gold rush" is developing among unregulated prospectors. To...

Toxic Lake
Provides Just
the Selfie
Backdrop

Jul 13, 2019 8:59 AM CDT

Toxic Lake Provides Just the Selfie Backdrop

Chemical reaction made the water a perfect bright blue

(Newser) - Residents of a city in Siberia don't need to fly off to tropical locales for picturesque selfies taken by pristine turquoise waters. Thousands of Novosibirsk residents—ranging from scantily clad women to newlyweds—have been busy Instagramming near a bright blue lake nicknamed the "Siberian Maldives." The...

In This City, a Visitor Not Seen
for More Than 40 Years

Jun 19, 2019 12:29 PM CDT

In This City, a Visitor Not Seen for More Than 40 Years

Tired, hungry-looking polar bear turned up in Norilsk, Russia

(Newser) - For more than 40 years, there's been no sign of polar bears in Siberia's Norilsk. That changed this week, with Russia's northernmost city putting out a warning notice Tuesday to residents that one had been spotted wandering around in the suburbs, way south of its natural habitat,...

Alongside a River,
a Most Fascinating
Severed Head

Jun 12, 2019 8:37 AM CDT

Alongside a River, a Most Fascinating Severed Head

It belongs to a 40K-year-old wolf

(Newser) - That rare case when finding a severed head is more fascinating than gruesome: when it belongs to a 40,000-year-old wolf and still has its fur and teeth. That's apparently the case in eastern Siberia, where a man came across the remains along the Tirekhtyakh River in Yakutia last...

Warming Could Make Siberia
a 'Land of Opportunity': Study

Jun 10, 2019 6:18 PM CDT

Warming Could Make Siberia a 'Land of Opportunity': Study

Permafrost could shrink significantly by 2080s

(Newser) - Climate change could thaw the frozen landscape of Asian Russia enough by the 2080s to make it more habitable for humans, new research has found, and possibly lead to Siberia becoming the center of Russian civilization. A team from the Krasnoyarsk Federal Research Center in Russia and the National Institute...

For Earth's Magnetic Field,
a Rare Update

For Earth's Magnetic Field, a Rare Update

Northern pole is moving faster than expected, forcing change in navigational models

(Newser) - Attention anyone who navigates by compass, be they shipping companies, aircraft, or uber-serious hikers: North may not be where you think it is. The magnetic north, that is. Nature reports that the Earth's northern magnetic pole has moved so quickly since the last update of an official guide known...

Siberian Serial Killer
Guilty of 56 More Murders

Dec 10, 2018 3:12 AM CST

Siberian Serial Killer Guilty of 56 More Murders

Ex-cop Mikhail Popkov has killed at least 78

(Newser) - A court in Russia's eastern Siberia has convicted a former policeman of murdering 56 women, bringing the number he is believed to have killed to at least 78. The court on Monday found Mikhail Popkov, from the eastern Siberian city of Angarsk, guilty of the murders between 1994 and...

Think You've Had a Bad Flight
Delay? Talk to These Folks

Nov 15, 2018 10:40 AM CST

Think You've Had a Bad Flight Delay? Talk to These Folks

Passengers on an Air France flight to Shanghai got stuck in Siberia for 3 days

(Newser) - Bad: your flight making an emergency landing due to smoke in the cabin. Worse: being holed up for three days in a place that wasn't your original destination. Worst of all: that place being one of the farthest reaches of Russia. That was the plight of nearly 300 passengers...

'We Are Burning.
This Is Perhaps Farewell'

Mar 26, 2018 11:42 AM CDT

'We Are Burning. This Is Perhaps Farewell'

More details are coming out on horrific Siberia mall fire

(Newser) - The public-address system had been turned off and exits illegally blocked during the horrific fire at a Russian mall that left at least 64 people dead, many of them children, investigators say. Authorities looking into the fire in the Siberian city of Kemerovo say a security guard turned off the...

Death Toll Hits 64
in Horrific Mall Blaze

UPDATED

Mar 26, 2018 1:15 AM CDT

Death Toll Hits 64 in Horrific Mall Blaze

Survivors of Siberia tragedy say there were no alarms

(Newser) - At least 64 people, many of them children, died when a massive blaze swept through a multi-story mall in Siberia Sunday, authorities say. The mall was packed with children and their parents at the time of the horrific fire in Kemerovo, a city of around 500,000 people more than...

Fisherman Discovers Bag
Containing 54 Severed Hands

Mar 10, 2018 5:10 PM CST

Fisherman Discovers Bag Containing 54 Severed Hands

Hands were found in Siberia near Russia's border with China

(Newser) - A Russian fisherman in Siberia made a grisly find Thursday: a bag containing 54 severed hands, Live Science reports. A photo of the hands shows them lined up and looking much like leather gloves. According to Time , the bag of hands was found on an island in the Amur River...

141 Carcasses Found
Along World's Deepest Lake

Nov 3, 2017 8:54 AM CDT

141 Carcasses Found Along World's Deepest Lake

The dead seals started appearing last weekend

(Newser) - Russian authorities are investigating whether 141 Baikal earless seals starved to death after their carcasses washed up in Siberia on the shoreline of the world's deepest lake, officials said Friday. The dead seals started appearing along Lake Baikal last weekend, the Irkutsk region's government said in a statement....

World's Deepest Lake
Is in Deep Trouble

World's Deepest Lake Is in Deep Trouble

Russia's Lake Baikal is polluted and over-fished

(Newser) - One-fifth of all non-frozen fresh water in the world is located in a single Russian lake, and experts say that lake is in crisis, AFP reports. Siberia's Lake Baikal—the world's deepest lake at more than 5,500 feet—is a UNESCO world heritage site, home to more...

People Now Getting Ivory Fix
From Woolly Mammoths

Aug 19, 2017 11:08 AM CDT

People Now Getting Ivory Fix From Woolly Mammoths

But the hunt in Siberia is taking a toll

(Newser) - The hunt is on for frozen tusks from the extinct woolly mammoth, and NPR reports that it's making people rich in otherwise poor regions of Siberia. But it's also taking a devastating toll on the landscape, according to a photographer who embedded with hunters for three weeks. "...