Salton Sea is drying up
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 12:57 pm
The Salton Sea is so flat and shallow that a vertical foot of drop can expose thousands of feet of dry lake bed. As the playa is exposed, it dries quickly in the desert heat and sun. The winds kick up the dust, creating a serious air pollution problem. The flow of water into the lake is now greatly reduced, causing salinity to spike; eventually, even the hardy tilapia fish will die off, the birds that feed on them will either migrate or die off themselves, and the dust will only get worse.
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