Water began flowing from a pipe onto hundreds of acres of dry, sunbaked lake bed as California officials filled a complex of shallow ponds near the south shore of the Salton Sea in an effort to ...

The Salton Sea ... as companies seek to mine vast deposits of lithium, a mineral used to make batteries for electric cars, computers and cellphones. “Today, the Salton Sea region stands at ...

California's Salton Sea is an important part of the Colorado River system in the state. (Photo: DWR) Federal, state and local agencies are trying to figure out how to use new legal authority and ...

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. I grew up in the Salton Sea region in a mobile home community of farmworkers. Our corner of the ...

You can get in touch with Joe by emailing joe.edwards@newsweek.com A massive lithium discovery beneath California's Salton Sea has set off ... self-sufficient in its Li needs for the growing ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered an estimated US$540 billion worth of lithium beneath California’s Salton Sea, a finding that could reshape the global energy market and reduce US reliance on foreign ...

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.

Home to only 150 or so people most of the year, the Salton Sea in southern California —”created by the collision of geology and bad luck”—swells to 4,000 during the winter as people come to escape the ...

Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits of historic Highway 66 and then skirt Joshua Tree National Park to ...