Is the lake and the fish in it radioactive? We’ll answer these and a few other questions in this article. How Was the ...

The UN has warned that Lake Balkhash, the second largest lake in Central Asia after the Aral Sea, could dry up, creating another major environmental crisis in the region. Forty times the size of Lake ...

A Place in Kazakhstan Has Witnessed World's 'Most' Number of Nuclear Explosions, It Even Boasts an 'Atomic Lake' Nuclear weapons are dangerous devices that, unfortunately, are a necessity for many ...

Balkhash, Kazakhstan — 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 ...

Set in a former Berlin courthouse, the work uses video, animation, poetry, and archival materials to give Lake Balkhash a ...

Authorities say there are dwindling numbers of fish in the lake as it is ‘silting up. ... Fears for Kazakhstan’s magical Lake Balkhash. AFP-16 Aug 2024, 09:39 AM.

How Climate Change Is Threatening "Pearl Of Kazakhstan" - Lake Balkhash Pollution, climate change and overuse are threatening the existence of one of the most unique stretches of water in the world.

Kazakhstan has awarded contracts to both Russia's Rosatom and China's National Nuclear Corporation for the construction of ...

Damming, over-extraction, pollution and, increasingly, the human-caused climate crisis are driving the decline of the Caspian Sea. Some experts fear it’s being pushed to the point of no return.