A Russian mini-submarine on Tuesday reached the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia, setting a world record for the deepest dive in a lake, the crew told organisers from the vessel.
... . A warmer, wetter climate may be the principal threat to Lake Baikal's unique biological heritage, but it is not the only one. The secondary ... stress that Russians have long been dedicated to the well-being of Lake Baikal, and that there is substantial support for its protection. Nonetheless ...
Russia has opted to reopen a notoriously polluting paper mill on Lake Baikal, reversing long-time protections to the UNESCO World Heritage Site...
Russians on Saturday protested at the reopening of a paper mill on the shore of Lake Baikal which environmentalists say endangers one of the world's largest freshwater reserves.
... Soviet-era paper mill on the shores of Lake Baikal will be closed down, a government spokeswoman said Thursday, after years of complaints about pollution at the UNESCO-protected ...
... Switzerland and Russia as part of the Léman-Baïkal project. Lake Geneva, the largest lake in the Alps, and Lake Baikal, the world's largest ...
... , the scientists detail the effects of climate change on Lake Baikal--from warming of its vast waters to reorganization ... warming trends. "But," they note, "temperature changes in Lake Baikal are particularly significant as a signal of long ...
... in the area close to the Tunguska River north of Lake Baikal. The explosion(s) flattened around 80 million trees over an area of more than 2000 square kilometres ...
... one of the world's most distinctive places: The area around Lake Baikal in Siberia, which contains 20 per cent of the world's fresh water reserves and a unique ...
... driving the rift zone's development. The fieldwork at Lake Baikal was carried out in 2003-2004 with financial ... it turned out that the bottom of the crust is flat across Lake Baikal. The two scientists explain this phenomenon ...
Russian police raid the offices of an environmental group after it criticised a plan to reopen a paper mill next to Lake Baikal in Siberia.
This Sunday Morning Nature piece visits a rare species of fresh water seals located in Lake Baikal, Siberia.
... polluting wastes into the world's oldest and deepest lake has been placed on the agenda of the next UNESCO World ...
MOSCOW, July 12 (UPI) -- Russian submersibles are scheduled this week to explore the bottom of Lake Baikal in search of gas hydrates, officials ...
Ecologists and non-governmental organisations are blaming the Soviet-era Baikalsk Pulp and Paper mill for polluting the world deepest and oldest lake, Lake Baikal in Siberia.
