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Asia Album: Afghan boys cool off in a Kabul lake

An Afghan boy dives into a lake to cool off on a hot summer day in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, July 23, 2020. (Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah) KABUL, July 25 (Xinhua) -- A group of boys dive into a l

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Mass seal deaths in Russia's Lake Baikal

Around130deadsealshavewashedupontheshoresofRussia'sLakeBaikal,authoritiessaidTuesday,astheylaunchedaprobeintothelatestproblemtohittheworld'sdeepestlake.TheBaika

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World's deepest lake in peril, scientist warns

LakeBaikalisundergoingitsgravestcrisisinrecenthistory,expertssay,asthegovernmentbansthecatchingofasignaturefishthathaslivedintheworld'sdeepestlakeforcenturiesbu

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World's deepest lake crippled by putrid algae, poaching and pollution

LakeBaikalisundergoingitsgravestcrisisinrecenthistory,expertssay,asthegovernmentbansthecatchingofasignaturefishthathaslivedintheworld’sdeepestlakeforcenturiesbu

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Chinese launch fund to conserve Lake Victoria in Africa

Chinesenot-profitenvironmentalconservationorganisation,SavetheWildFund,hasstartedoperationstoencouragecompaniestofundconservationprojectsaroundLakeVictoria.Spea

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China starts second scientific expedition to Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Chinese scientists set out to conduct a large-scale survey of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau on Saturday, in order to investigate changes to the plateau’s environment.

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China starts second scientific expedition to Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Chinesescientistssetouttoconductalarge-scalesurveyoftheQinghai-TibetPlateauonSaturday,inordertoinvestigatechangestotheplateau’senvironment.Datacollectedduringth

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Dying Guatemala lake underlines climate change threat

Thedried-outoystershellslieonalandscapeparchedandcrackedbythesun.ThisiswhatisleftofLakeAtescatempa,onceavastblue-greenbodyofwaterinsouthwesternGuatemala.Nowthel

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Chinese scientists uncover variations of lakes on Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Scientists have identified three distinct periods over the past four decades that feature notably different variations of lake area and volume on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau.

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Paradise lost: how toxic water destroyed Pakistan’s largest lake and the lives of its inhabitants

​Wastewater has poured into the lake, poisoning the water and almost everything in it

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Nepal drains part of glacial lake near Everest

Nepal has successfully drained part of a giant glacial lake near Mount Everest, averting risk of a disastrous flood that could have threatened thousands of lives, officials said yesterday.

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Wild cormorants return to Chinese lake after pollution treatment

​Wild cormorants have returned to Dianchi Lake in southwest China's Yunnan Province in a sign of the improved environment of what used to be one of the most polluted lakes in China.

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"Bird man" story tells lake's revival in C China

Zhang Shengyuan is a "bird man". The 57-year-old lives in a double-decker boat inside the Yangchaihu section of Honghu Lake in central China's Hubei Province. Every day, he patrols the lake in a canoe, watching birds and noting species and population numbers, and, more importantly, protecting them against hunters.

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11 dead, 27 missing in SW China rainstorms

​Eleven people died and 27 others are missing after rainstorms devastated parts of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

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Villagers caught between development and environment

As it works to transform itself into a tourist destination, a village on Lake Lashi in southwest China's Yunnan Province is learning the importance of environmental protection.

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China's largest freshwater shrinks

China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake in eastern Jiangxi Province, has recently seen a sharp decrease of water level to a record low of only 7.93 meters.  Due to the lake's prolonged dry seasons in recent years, an escalating water shortage has caused drinking water scarcity, crippled the local fishing industry, and threatened the lake's ecology. China Report takes you to the scene.