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Infographic: Lake Baikal Pollution Leads to Algae Blooms

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Nutrient pollution from outdated sewage-treatment plants degrades water quality in the world's deepest, oldest lake.

Biggest Lakes in the World Under Pressure From Human and Environmental Threats

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Across continents and hemispheres, a growing list of human and environmental pressures threaten the world’s largest lakes, inhibiting their ability to supply water, drive economic activity, preserve biodiversity, and sustain communities.

Putin Approves Waste Discharges into Lake Baikal

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A decree signed last week by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will allow a paper mill on the shore of Lake Baikal to resume dumping sewage and waste water into the lake.

Infographic: Top 10 Deepest Freshwater Lakes in the World

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craterlake In which freshwater body can you scuba dive down more than 5,350 ft (1.63 km)? Which deep African lake was more freshwater fish species than an other lake in the world?

Black Gold Blues: Oil Stains Reveal Resource beneath Russian Lake

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Comprising 20 percent of the world's fresh water supply, southern Siberia's Lake Baikal could tell us how oil forms.

Climate change: Advocates warm up to Lake Baikal

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BOLSHIYE KOTY, Russia - Containing one-fifth of the world's freshwater,…

Russian Government Orders Cleanup

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MOSCOW -- Russia's government on Thursday warned a giant Soviet-era…