Residents around the Salton Sea have been plagued by persistent foul odors emanating from the lake, along with increased incidences of asthma and other respiratory illnesses. In fact, a soon to be ...

Dust particles from the Salton Sea's exposed lakebed increased air pollution in local communities, found a new study. The pollution coincides with reduced flows into the lake and diversions to San ...

Windblown dust from the shrinking Salton Sea harms the respiratory health of children living nearby, triggering asthma, coughing, wheezing and disrupted sleep, USC research shows. The problem is ...

During the study, researchers exposed healthy mice to dust from the Salton Sea and observed significant changes.

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 by surface area, is experiencing an increasing rate of shoreline retreat following a policy change that shifted more water from the Colorado River to San ...

Sociologists Manuel Pastor and Chris Benner, authors of a new book on the region, say the jury is still out on the future of the lithium-rich Imperial Valley. The jury is still out on whether lithium ...