Scientists have submerged a giant telescope nearly a mile underwater in Russia's Lake Baikal. The telescope is hunting for neutrinos: tiny, neutral particles that are abundant but hard to detect. Most ...

Lake Baikal's estimated 5,500 cubic miles of water constitute roughly 20% of Earth's total unfrozen freshwater. Because of its remote and pristine nature, the lake and many surrounding mountains were ...

Baikal's high biodiversity includes over 3,600 plant and animal species, most of which are endemic to the lake. Holding one-fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh water, Baikal in Russia's Siberia is a ...

This article was written as part of the Train to Copenhagen project, aimed at raising awareness of climate change in advance of the climate talks in Denmark in December. For more information about the ...

Deep lakes on our planet have formed due to various reasons, including continental rift or tectonic movements in Earth’s crust. From Lake Baikal in Russia to the largest inland water body, Caspian Sea ...

Russian scientists on Saturday launched one of the world's biggest underwater space telescopes to peer deep into the universe from the pristine waters of Lake Baikal. The deep underwater telescope, ...

PARIS, February 17. /TASS/. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is preparing a mission to Lake Baikal together with the International Union for Conservation ...

This article was written as part of the Train to Copenhagen project, aimed at raising awareness of climate change in advance of the climate talks in Denmark in December. For more information about the ...