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World's Deepest Lake in Russia in Peril as Fish Disappear, Algae Grows
News18 | 14/11/2020 05:47 PM | Click to read full article
Lake Baikal is undergoing its gravest crisis in recent history, experts say, as the government bans the catching of a signature fish that has lived in the world's deepest lake for centuries but is now under threat.
Holding one-fifth of the world's unfrozen freshwater, Baikal in Russia's Siberia is a natural wonder of "exceptional value to evolutionary science" meriting its listing as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.