There's a lake in Kazakhstan where the water glows with an eerie turquoise shimmer, and locals will tell you stories that sound like science fiction. Except these stories are real. For decades, the ...

One of the world's most unique waterways, Kazakhstan's Lake Balkhash is home to an abundance of rare aquatic species. Increasingly, however, the "pearl of Kazakhstan" is facing the combined threat of ...

A teenager jumps into the water near the huge Kazakhmys copper plant on the shores of Lake Balkhach in Kazakhstan - Copyright AFP Ruslan PRYANIKOV A teenager jumps ...

Seen from the sky, with its turquoise waters stretching out into the desert expanses in the shape of a crescent, you can see why they call Lake Balkhash the "pearl of Kazakhstan". But pollution, ...