It was a longtime source of pollution for Lake Baikal. Environmental groups fought for the closure of Baikal’s pulp and paper mill. They won their battle last year. While a victory for ...

VLADIVOSTOK, October 14. /TASS/. The shrinking of Lake Baikal, the oldest and deepest freshwater reserve in the world, is connected with climate changes in the Asian region, characterized by less ...

There are currently no large industrial facilities near Lake Baikal. A paper mill was closed in 2013 after an environmental scandal and fierce opposition by activists due to the mill’s waste dumping.

An curved arrow pointing right. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the oldest and deepest freshwater lake in the world. It is frozen for up to five months a year and its ice is so thick cars often drive ...

the world’s deepest and oldest freshwater lake. The Baikal environmental prosecutor’s office announced Monday that the statue was removed by unidentified individuals, following their ...

The waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal are contaminated with high levels of microscopic plastic particles and fibres that most likely come from packaging and fishing nets. Research published in ...