Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: The Salton Sea is a man-made accident. Efforts to save it should consider that

To the editor: I believe it’s disingenuous to write about the drying Salton Sea without including the fact that the desert lake is not a naturally occurring body of water. (“As California farms use ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: ‘Climate migration in reverse’: High home prices drive people to Salton Sea’s foul air

To the editor: For Imperial Valley residents reading between the lines, the article about the decline in respiratory health for people living near the evaporating Salton Sea chronicles the ...
Phys.org

Salton Sea, an area rich with lithium, is a hot spot for child respiratory issues

Windblown dust from the shrinking Salton Sea harms the respiratory health of children living nearby, triggering asthma, coughing, wheezing and disrupted sleep, USC research shows. The findings also ...
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California turns on water to create new wetlands on the shore of the shrinking Salton Sea

6:46 p.m. May 27, 2025: A previous version of this article incorrectly referred to double-crested cormorants as double-breasted cormorants. Water began flowing from a pipe onto hundreds of acres of ...
Phys.org

Air-quality monitoring underestimates toxic emissions to Salton Sea communities, study finds

A newly published study finds that California's Salton Sea emits hydrogen sulfide, a toxic and foul-smelling gas, at rates that regularly exceed the state's air quality standards. The presence of ...
The Desert Sun

Study: Salton Sea is emitting foul gas at levels worse than official monitors show

Putrid, potentially harmful levels of hydrogen sulfide blow off the fast-drying Salton Sea far more often than what is recorded by regional air regulators, according to new research. The gap is likely ...
Times of San Diego

California Legislature Approves Creation of Salton Sea Conservancy to Restore the Receding Lake

The California Legislature has passed and sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill to create the Salton Sea Conservancy to lead multi-million-dollar efforts to restore the shrinking and increasingly toxic ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

The Salton Sea is California’s most imperiled lake. Can a new conservancy save it?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Haze hung over the Salton Sea on a recent winter day, while black-necked stilts and kildeer waded in the shallows, ...
wjla

Salton Sea: once a star retreat, now a haunting reminder of nature's fury

WASHINGTON (Amazing America TV) — It was once heralded as being the perfect getaway for Hollywood's elite. Today, the Salton Sea is perhaps one of California's greatest cautionary tales. Amazing ...
The Desert Sun

When lithium mining starts, who benefits, and who’s at risk? Inside this Salton Sea case

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Critics of a proposed lithium mine near the Salton Sea entered round two of their fight to force stricter ...
LAist

The Salton Sea is California’s most imperiled lake. Can a new conservancy save it?

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Haze hung over the Salton Sea on a ...