In a remote area of the Siberian tundra, dotted with low trees and shrubs, there’s a place that locals call ‘The Gateway to Hell.’ During the summertime, the sound of water pouring over 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. Officially called the Darvaza crater, it ...

In the desolate expanse of Siberia, a colossal crater known as the Batagay megaslump is expanding at an alarming rate. Locals have christened it the “Siberian Gateway to Hell,” and scientists ...

One of the most striking natural formations on the planet, known as the 'Batagaika Crater’ but also called the 'Gateway to Hell,' is getting so large due to climate change that it can be seen ...

Wells have been set up to help reduce fire at the crater. The world is home to a handful of "gateways to hell" i.e., fiery pits that resemble artistic depictions of the entrance to the underworld ...

A giant hole dubbed the “Gateway to Hell” has tripled in size in just 30 years, scientists have found. The 200-acre wide, nearly 300-foot deep pit in the Yana highlands of Siberia, known as ...

The majority of this comes from leakages from oil and gas production—so-called "fugitive emissions"—amounting to over 70 million tons of carbon dioxide-equivalents every year, according to Our ...

A rapidly expanding hole in Siberia, known as the Batagay crater, has grown so large that it's now visible from space. What started as a small crack in the 1960s evolved into the world's largest ...

Its residents initially called it "Ton of Hay," after a wagonload of hay they thought weighed a ton, Sondra Van Meter McCoy and Jan Hults wrote in their 1989 book, "2001 Kansas Place Names." ...