Lake Baikal.

Video: Russia’s Lake Baikal at risk

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 The struggle to protect Russia’s endangered Lake Baikal 
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Two women who have dedicated their lives to protecting Russia’s Lake Baikal, say their research proves that the lake is warming at a rate three times faster than the air.

Their mission is to find new life forms and preserve existing ones.

Located in south west Siberia, the lake contains 20 per cent of the Earth’s fresh water and appears to have been severely affected by global warming.

Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports.

 
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