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1 day ago · Science Reporter. 0. California's Salton Sea appears to be shrinking even faster than before. The lake, which is the largest in the state by surface area at around 240,000 acres, has seen its ...
Jan 18, 2022 · Today, the resorts and marinas are long gone, and desert winds carry toxic dust from agricultural chemicals into the lake, about 150 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
- Guad Venegas
- 5 min
Feb 25, 2023 · The vast California lake relies on runoff from cropland to avoid disappearing. But as farmers face water cuts due to drought and an ever drier Colorado River, the Salton Sea stands to lose again.
May 18, 2023 · Across the world, the most significant lakes are seeing sharp declines. The Colorado River’s Lake Mead in Southwest US has receded dramatically amid a megadrought and decades of overuse.
- Laura Paddison
- 4 min
Mar 31, 2024 · The green treasure below a toxic lake. The Salton Sea in southern California is drying up. But below the surface is one of the largest lithium deposits in North America, and the race is...
Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, previously referred to the Salton Lake as Saudi Arabia of lithium. Now this new discovery means that the lake is the biggest source of lithium in the world.
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Aug 31, 2021 · The community on the shore of the Salton Sea, California’s largest but rapidly shrinking lake, has been through decades of economic stagnation. Now, it’s at the forefront of efforts to make the U.S. a major global producer of lithium, the ultralight metal used in rechargeable batteries.
