Siberian Water Crisis Grows Fierce

On April 24, 2015, in News, by Erik

Lake Baikal in the Siberian village of Ranzhurovo is struck with a water crisis. The water level of the lake is at the lowest point in 60 years. Lake Baikal is home to a quarter of the world’s fresh surface water and was considered the world’s deepest and oldest freshwater lake. The lake’s shrinking has already affected the area’s fishing industry and electrical power generation. For a full story on this topic, please click here:: Siberia’s tug of war over Lake Baikal’s water

 

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