Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A huge thermokarst crater showing the damage to the permafrost and our climate, Batagay, Russia. (Padi Prints / Troy TV Stock / ...

A crater in Siberia is expanding faster than anticipated due to climate change, scientists have discovered, saying it now poses problems for the surrounding habitat. The Batagaika slump, known as the ...

Turkmenistan's "Gateway to Hell" is a fiery pit that has burned continuously since 1971. After over half a century, the inferno may finally be subsiding. Though this is the most common explanation, ...

Turkmenistan recently announced a significant reduction in the infamous gas fire known as the “Gateway to Hell,” a blaze that has been raging for over five decades in the Karakum Desert. The fire, ...

The 'Gateway to Hell' has long been a tourist attraction - Copyright AFP/File IGOR SASIN The 'Gateway to Hell' has long been a tourist attraction - Copyright AFP/File ...

Turkmenistan said Thursday it had significantly reduced a gas fire that has been raging for half a century at a site dubbed the "Gateway to Hell" . The fire has been burning in the Karakum desert ...

People go to the "Gateway to Hell" gas crater in the middle of the Turkmenistan desert expecting an angry cauldron but are now coming away unimpressed. Once a giant uncontrollable pit of red flames ...

The Gateway to Hell was one of the only tourist attractions in Turkmenistan, one of the most closed and repressive countries in the world, according to rights groups. The country sees hardly any ...