When you think of the United States, perhaps things like baseball, McDonald’s, the New York Times Square, or the Grand Canyon ...

Once a tranquil fishing community, Tanjung Uma is now ground zero for Indonesia’s pollution crisis – a place where unchecked development, environmental degradation and government neglect collide.

In addition, the Blacksmith Institute has included Norilsk in its list of the 10 most polluted places on Earth. The life expectancy for people in Norilsk is 59, 10 years less than the Russian ...

Cleaner, more pure water backscatters light in the blue range, which makes it look blue. One famous example is Crater Lake in Oregon, which lies in a volcanic crater and is fed by rain and snow, ...

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Norilsk is also one of Russia’s most polluted cities. Its mining and smelting industries release massive amounts of carbon pollutants, making it one of the most toxic places on Earth. The Blacksmith ...

Norilsk is said to be the coldest inhabited city on the face of the earth, and has been historically quite prosperous due to ...

This place is Norilsk, Russia, often described as one of the most isolated and depressing cities in the world. Norilsk is the northernmost city on Earth and was originally built as part of the Soviet ...

Although Chernobyl is the most well known, there are a host of other radioactive places in the world in countries including ...