As climate change warms the Arctic, permafrost is thawing, and carbon trapped within the soil is moving into the atmosphere.

For many years, scientists have been discussing whether the population in mountain regions is increasingly at risk from ...

Prior to this discovery, the largest underground thermal lake title belonged to a site in Hungary, below Turkish baths in the city of Budapest, Reuters reported in 2008. That lake is 282 feet long, 89 ...

With construction starting in 1981, tens of thousands of workers spent years building the world's longest single rail system ...

Rosprirodnadzor has identified an illegal landfill located in the Central Ecological Zone of the Baikal Natural Territory (Buryatia). This is stated in the message of the department. When checking the ...

The Selenge River Basin is not only the main catchment area of Baikal Lake, the largest fresh water lake, but also the main concentration area of agriculture and animal husbandry in Mongolia. Under ...

Lake Baikal This place should definitely feature ... wintertime ice-skating and snowmobile attractions. Do note that this area is also known for ecotourism and nature photography because it ...

It has taken longer than usual for ice to form on Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest freshwater lake, which is typically covered in ice thick enough for vehicles to drive on it. Ice formation has been ...

MOSCOW, 29th January, 2025 (WAM) -- An earthquake measuring 5.6 magnitude on the Richter scale struck the Lake Baikal region in ... facilities in the area are operating normally, with no reported ...

Along with findings from a comprehensive air mercury survey covering 1,800 kilometers above Lake Baikal. The Listvyanka station, part of the Global Mercury Observation System (GMOS), provides unique ...