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Lake Baikal in Siberia is a natural wonder unlike any other. Formed by shifting tectonic plates, it holds 20% of the world’s ...

This article was written as part of the Train to Copenhagen project, aimed at raising awareness of climate change in advance of the climate talks in Denmark in December. For more information about the ...

A gorgeous photo of frozen methane bubbles trapped in ice within the deepest lake on earth has gone viral. The picture— taken by photographer Kristina Makeeva and also shared by NASA—shows bubbles of ...

It is 7pm but the sky remains bright and sunny in Siberia. Swimmers and sunbathers linger around the shingle-covered shore of Olkhon Island, relishing the extended day and warmth in an otherwise ...

A circle in thin ice in Lake Baikal, Russia is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 19 crewmember on the International Space Station. Late in April 2009, astronauts aboard the station ...

Russian scientists have deployed a giant telescope into the frigid depths of Lake Baikal in southern Siberia to search for the tiniest known particles in the universe. The telescope, Baikal-GVD, is ...

Russian scientists suspended a mission to explore the world's biggest lake on Wednesday after one of their submarines collided with a floating platform, media reported. The accident took place after a ...

Ivan S. Mikhailov, Yulia R. Zakharova, Yuri S. Bukin, Yuri P. Galachyants, Darya P. Petrova, Maria V. Sakirko and Yelena V. Likhoshway The pelagic zone of Lake Baikal is an ecological niche where ...

Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest and one of its oldest lakes, offers an unparalleled natural laboratory for studying sediment geochemistry and microbial ecology. Its sediments encapsulate a record of ...

"It’s been a warm winter in Baikal, as observed from space," Roscosmos said in comments to its posted pictures MOSCOW, January 15. /TASS/. Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake located in Russia, has ...