But in this city of 15,000 it also felt like an economic ... But her small business is having trouble taking off. “A tour around Lake Baikal costs as much as an all-inclusive week in Thailand ...

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Once across the river we visit a scientific institute devoted to the study of the lake. The staff here co-wrote a recent report in Bioscience* outlining the risks climate change brings to Baikal.

Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater ...