As we entered the train yards of Irkutsk, another of the industries of Siberia became obvious. Train car after car was full of raw and finished wood. The area close to the tracks appeared more ...

It had rained the night before and the rouge pathways that serve as roads on Lake Baikal’s largest island were a sloppy, muddy mess. A van in front of us filled with Chinese tourists — one of a dozen ...

Jaw-dropping footage of the real-life ICEMAN discovering his powers. This creative clip features Artem Shapirenko performing ...

Lake Baikal is the world's oldest, deepest and clearest frozen lake in #Siberia, #Russia. Whenever it comes to its beauty and ...

The strange ice rings of Lake Baikal in Siberia appear to form as a result of warm clockwise currents of water under the surface, scientists have said. The discovery goes some way to explaining the ...

This article was written as part of the Train to Copenhagen project, aimed at raising awareness of climate change in advance of the climate talks in Denmark in December. For more information about the ...

The Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite takes us over southern Siberia and the world’s largest freshwater lake: Lake Baikal. Imaged on 14 March 2017, this deep lake is covered by ice. The entire lake is ...

Russian and American scientists have demonstrated for the first time that Lake Baikal in frigid Siberia has warmed rapidly over the last half a century. An international team reported Wednesday in the ...

Russian authorities say Western sanctions have made it impossible to implement their plan to remove toxic waste from the watershed of Lake Baikal. The proposed solution: a cheaper method that a ...

Reporting from Irkutsk, Russia — There are days when renowned Russian ecological crusader Marina Rikhvanova feels like an endangered species. She has gotten used to a certain amount of ambient ...

The titanic debate over a Siberian lake that's led thousands of Russians to call on the Hollywood star to #saveourbaikal. 1 Lake Baikal is a crescent-shaped body of water in the heart of Siberia that ...