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'This Is Truly Terrifying': Scientists Studying Underwater Permafrost Thaw Find Area of the Arctic Ocean 'Boiling With Methane Bubbles'

Critics Warn 'Deeply Chilling' Betrayal by Trump Paves Path for Turkish Slaughter of Kurdish Allies

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"One way in which Trump is very consistent and stable when it comes to American presidential norms over the decades is betraying Kurds."

Report Shows 'Stunning and Dramatic' Scenes of Thawing Permafrost in Siberia That 'Leaves Millions on Unstable Ground'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"Rivers are rising and running faster, and entire neighborhoods are falling...

So-Called "Limited" Nuclear War Would Actually Be Very Bad and Kill Tens of Millions, Warns New Report

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

A nuclear war would kill millions of people, a new report reminds the Pentagon.

"We urgently need sensible action to reduce and eliminate nuclear risk."

'Nuclear Weapons Arms Race Is Here': Russians, Anti-Nuke Experts Denounce US Missile Test

Campaign Renews Demand for Ban on 'Killer Robots,' Calls Out US Obstruction

Study of Massive Smoke Cloud From 2017 Wildfires Offers Terrifying Hint of How Even Small Nuclear War Would Escalate Climate Crises

In Wake of Nuclear Treaty Collapse, Putin Says if US Pursues Previously Banned Missiles, Russia Will Also

Fears of 'Nuclear Chaos and Potential Catastrophe' Rise After US Exits Landmark Cold War-Era Treaty With Russia

Progressives Say Kamala Harris Team 'Inventing Conspiracies' About Tulsi Gabbard Rather Than Addressing Critiques

US Eyeing Militarization of Antarctic as Well as Arctic

WATCH LIVE: Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Testifies on Capitol Hill. Then Will Democrats Impeach Trump?

Satellite Images Ignite Alarm Over 'Unprecedented' Scale and Planet-Heating Emissions of Raging Arctic Wildfires

'Chernobyl on Ice': Nuclear Plant Barge Headed Across Arctic Circle

US Attacks Russia’s Power Grid; Trump Kept in Dark

Pompeo Cheers 'Opportunity' in Arctic From Climate Change as America Blocks Resolution Language

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Welcome to Sochi: Floorless Hotels, Dangerous Water, Missing Doorknobs, Stray Dogs Dead Or Alive, But Surveillance Cameras Show the Showers Work Fine

Never mind the homophobic laws, rampant corruption, drone surveillance, reported killing of stray dogs and $51 billion pricetag. The word out of Sochi from newly arrived journalists is alternately grim and hilarious, with tales of so many small disasters - random hacking, unsafe courses, half-finished hotels, rooms with dogs, light bulbs bartered for doorknobs, water too dangerous to put on your face and no visitors in sight - it kinda makes you wonder, once more, about the questionable...