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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Nutrient pollution from outdated sewage-treatment plants degrades water quality in the world's deepest, oldest lake.
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Biggest Lakes in the World Under Pressure From Human and Environmental Threats
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.
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Putin Approves Waste Discharges into Lake Baikal
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.
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Black Gold Blues: Oil Stains Reveal Resource beneath Russian Lake
Comprising 20 percent of the world's fresh water supply, southern Siberia's Lake Baikal could tell us how oil forms.
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Climate change: Advocates warm up to Lake Baikal
BOLSHIYE KOTY, Russia - Containing one-fifth of the world's freshwater,…
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Russian Government Orders Cleanup
MOSCOW -- Russia's government on Thursday warned a giant Soviet-era…