Early in 1905, the first of five floods surged down the diversionary canal, and attempts to close it became futile. By the ...
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, ...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A section of the Salton Sea was hit by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred at 10:26 a.m. in a southern part ...
The Salton Sea, often called California’s accidental desert ocean, has a fascinating and complicated past. Formed by a mistake in the early 1900s, it quickly became a booming vacation hotspot before ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Salton Sea, California's largest lake, has suffered from decades of environmental degradation, impacting the health of nearby residents and the local ecosystem. Recent funding allocations, ...
(Corrections & Clarifications: This story was updated to correct a misspelling and a typo.) On a recent toasty morning at the edge of California's largest lake, Samantha Arthur stood half a mile ...
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 ...
Hours after reporting an earthquake under the Salton Sea, the United States Geological Survey said Friday the report had been an error and no quake happened. The ...
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