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World's deepest lake is in peril: Natural wonder that holds one-fifth of earth's unfrozen fresh water is mysteriously dying

Source
Daily Mail (UK)

Publication Date
2017-10-19

Lake Baikal, a major international tourist attraction, is undergoing a grave crisis, experts says. The lake, in Russia's Siberia, is a natural wonder of 'exceptional value to evolutionary science' meriting a listing as a World Heritage Site by Unesco. It holds one-fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh water and its high biodiversity includes over 3,600 plant and animal species, most of which are endemic to the lake.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4996040/World-s-deepest-lake-mysteriously-dying.html