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PRESSURISED: 047 - The depths of Lake Baikal with Marianne Moore
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Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 47. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!
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Located in southern Siberia and covered in thick ice for almost half of the year, the colossal Lake Baikal reaches depths of 1600m making it the oldest, and deepest lake in the world. With hydrothermal vents, methane seeps and vast swathes of endemic species, this ancient lake was too tempting not to talk about.
We speak with Professor Marianne Moore, a Limnologist who has been working on the lake for over 2 decades. She guides us through its incredible ecosystems and species such as the world's only freshwater seal, deep water insects and foot-long flatworms!
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FURTHER RESOURCES LAKE BAIKAL READINGIntro to Lake Baikal and lakes:
Mogolov, L.S. 2017. The Soul of Siberia at Risk. Wellesley Magazine. p.16-22.
Moore, M.V., S.E. Hampton, L.R. Izmest’eva, E.A. Silow, E.V. Peshkova, and B. Pavlov. 2009. Climate change and the world’s ‘Sacred Sea’ – Lake Baikal, Siberia. BioScience 59:405-417
Thomson, P. 2007. Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal, Oxford University Press. 320 p.
Vincent, W.F. 2018. Lakes. A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press. 146 p.
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