In the icy depths of Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest and deepest freshwater lake ... provide valuable data for monitoring future earthquakes in the region. Large-scale deformation zones and brittle ...

Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater ...

LAKE BAIKAL in Russia is the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world and a major international tourist attraction, but experts have warned the natural wonder is undergoing a grave crisis.

Baikal’s water level is 6 cm below the minimal threshold mark set at 456 meters under the Pacific scale MOSCOW, January 16. /TASS/. The water level in Lake Baikal, the world’s largest ...

Lake Baikal iStock Lake ... often known as the Baikal seals iStock Ancient schematic map by SU Remizov dated 1699 ... (not drawn to scale) www.baikal.ru Lake Baikal is seen in a satellite ...

A joint project between Russia, Germany, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, construction on Baikal-GVD started in 2015. The actual ‘telescope’ consists of hundreds of spherical modules ...

The magnitude of the quake at the epicenter was 8.4, while in Irkutsk it felt much weaker and was recorded at 5 on the Richter scale. Lake Baikal is an ancient and massive lake in the mountainous ...

Lake Baikal was declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1996. Framed by steppes and mountains, the vast lake contains 20 per cent of the world’s fresh water and hosts a variety of endemic plant ...