News tagged with lake baikal

World's largest lake sheds light on climate change

(PhysOrg.com) -- Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's oldest, deepest, and largest freshwater lake, has provided scientists with insight into the ways that climate change affects water temperature, which in ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A living species of aquatic beetle found in 20-million-year-old sediments

The fossil beetle discovered in the 16-23 million years old sediments of the Irtysh River in southern Siberia belongs to the modern species Helophorus sibiricus, a member of the water scavenger beetles (Hydro ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Russians rally to save Lake Baikal

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.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 27, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Climate change threatens Lake Baikal's unique biota

Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's largest and most biologically diverse lake, faces the prospect of severe ecological disruption as a result of climate change, according to an analysis by a joint US-Russian team in the May ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Study shows best places to protect marine mammals

(AP) -- From sea otters to blue whales, marine mammals are under stress from climate change, ocean acidification, hunting and other threats. Researchers have identified 20 important sites around the world ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1