The Salton Sea could be refilled to its 1950s’ level using seawater from the nearby Sea of Cortez. This would eliminate the ...

California’s first new conservancy in more than 15 years will oversee restoration, manage habitat and improve air quality at the deteriorating Salton Sea ...

Today, those resorts are long gone, replaced by a drying and increasingly toxic landscape. As the lake shrinks, wind blowing across the exposed lake bed kicks up toxic dust left by years of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an aerial view, steam rises from fumaroles, or steam vents, situated between two of the five Salton Buttes lava dome volcanoes ...

S1: Welcome in San Diego , it's Jade Hindman. On today's show , we look at new research on the Salton Sea and its toxic impact on nearby neighborhoods. This is KPBS Midday Edition. Connecting our ...

On scorching days when winds blow across the California desert, the Salton Sea regularly gives off a stench of decay resembling rotten eggs. New research has found that the shrinking lake is emitting ...