In an aerial view, steam rises from fumaroles, or steam vents, situated between two of the five Salton Buttes lava dome volcanoes that line the southeastern edge of the Salton Sea and are heated by ...

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, ...

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California’s largest and most-polluted lake, the Salton Sea, is exuding hydrogen sulfide, a noxious gas, at rates that greatly exceed the state’s air quality standards. Alarmingly, a new study finds ...

Now a new wave of conservation efforts, sparked by millions of dollars in recent federal funding, has washed ashore at the ultra-briny sea, and there’s cautious hope from some that incoming industry ...

A massive lithium discovery beneath California's Salton Sea has set off a high-stakes push for what some have implied could be America's best shot at lithium self-sufficiency. The U.S. Department of ...

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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Haze hung over the Salton Sea on a recent winter day, while black-necked stilts and kildeer waded in the shallows, pecking at crustaceans. Something ...