9:36 a.m. Aug. 18, 2025: An earlier version of this story credited a 2023 health study in the Imperial Valley to UC Riverside. In fact, the study was carried out by the Department of Preventive ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) -- The shrinking and drying out of the Salton Sea has reduced stress on the San Andreas Fault, possibly reducing the frequency and severity of earthquakes in Southern California, ...

WESTMORLAND, Calif. (KABC) -- An earthquake swarm continued Thursday in desert communities near the Salton Sea, which has a history of such seismic activity, and the series of temblors could continue ...

Putrid, potentially harmful levels of hydrogen sulfide blow off the fast-drying Salton Sea far more often than what is recorded by regional air regulators, according to new research. The gap is likely ...

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 ...

If you know anything about the Salton Sea, maybe you’ve heard that California’s largest lake has been shrinking for decades, the fish are dying, and toxic dust from the lakebed is blowing around the ...

The Salton Sea is a haven for wildlife, a repository of critical minerals and the site of some of the worst environmental and economic conditions in California. The contrast between its natural riches ...

WASHINGTON (Amazing America TV) — It was once heralded as being the perfect getaway for Hollywood's elite. Today, the Salton Sea is perhaps one of California's greatest cautionary tales. Amazing ...

Pollution from the expanding shoreline of the Salton Sea may not be significant contributor to the region’s air problems. Some researchers suggest more emphasis on what people are breathing at home, ...

New research shows the Salton Sea is emitting hydrogen sulfide gas, which smells like rotten eggs, at levels higher than previously measured. Researchers say such levels of the gas raise health ...

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For years, millions of dollars have poured into controlling dust that wafts off the exposed lake shoreline of the Salton Sea, hoping to solve a serious air pollution problem in the Coachella and ...