They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa, Japan For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have ...

XINING — A three-year comprehensive investigation of macro fungal diversity in Northwest China's Qinghai province has yielded fruitful results, providing scientific basis for ecological ...

According to the simulations from an empirical model, if industrial gas emissions like CO2 remain high, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau's lake area could grow by an additional 8,000 to 9,000 square ...

Lake Baikal measures 12,239 square miles (31,700 square kilometers), making it Earth's seventh-largest lake.It is not only the world's oldest lake but also the deepest one, at about 1 mile (1.6 ...