In a single loop around Southern California’s accidental lake, this route reveals surreal landmarks—Salvation Mountain, Bombay Beach installations, GTA inspiration sites, and haunting traces of ...

A new report by UCLA finds that conditions at the Salton Sea are worse than state data suggests. As morning anchor Angela ...

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

Discover how airborne toxic sediment from California's drying Salton Sea can alter the lung microbiome, possibly explaining the high rates of asthma in the local community.

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Dust from California’s drying Salton Sea doesn’t just smell bad. Scientists from UC Riverside found that breathing the dust can quickly re-shape the microscopic world inside the lungs. Genetic or ...

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 14, 2025 – Children living near the Salton Sea, in Southern California’s desert region of Imperial County, are experiencing poorer lung function than children exposed to less wind ...

Learn more about the lung microbiome and how dust and other matter could be altering the microbes in your airways.

Not only does dust from the drying Salton Sea in California smell awful. Researchers at UC Riverside discovered that inhaling the dust might rapidly alter the microscopic environment within the lungs.

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In the early 2000s, the owners of the Mammoth Pacific geothermal station proposed expanding the plant into an area just east of California’s Yosemite National Park. The project boasted on its website ...