Freshwater lakes are fundamental for sustaining life, a moderate climate and nurturing millions of people, often formed from a depression or basin on the Earth's surface, a body of still water, ...

Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater ...

A handful of nations control the biggest shares of global freshwater, led by Brazil, Russia, Canada, the US, and China, ...

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 ...