Global Warming Affects World's Largest Freshwater Lake (Lake Baikal)

Science Daily ^ | 5-1-2008 | National Science Foundation.

[DManA]

That goes without saying. Since its surface area is smaller, it would have to be deeper to account for the larger volume.

[PeterPrinciple]

statistics are notoriously weak in trend analysis yet people “on a mission” do it all the time.

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Just experienced this last week in our toastmasters club. Grad student stated there was no statistical correlation and then proceeded to show us a trend line.

[cogitator]

Pollution of Lake Baikal Water

[denydenydeny]

...the heavily-polluted Selenga River...brings in almost one-half of Baikal's water....Hydrothermic vents below the surface....The plant was built on the belief that heating Baikal's mineral-free waters....The plant, however, continues to produce...

Great find. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to wonder if these people are actually trying to rehabilitate the Soviet Union, as they do when they blame Chernobyl on the nuclear industry and not Communism.