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Topic: Salton Sea

The aerial view of Salton sea in California, USA (Getty Images/Yunpeng Li)

Salton Sea eyed for lithium extraction

June Kim - Undark
Mud is seen on land that was under the Salton Sea a few years ago on January 1, 2019 near Calipatria, California, United States. (David McNew/Getty Images for Lumix)

Scientists warned of Salton Sea disaster

Fletcher Reveley - Undark
Mud is seen on land that was under the Salton Sea a few years ago on January 1, 2019 near Calipatria, California, United States. (David McNew/Getty Images for Lumix)

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
(NASA)

Gillian Flaccus

By the shores of California's dead sea

Andrew O'Hehir