The Salton Sea is an unusual lake that came into existence due to floodwaters from the Colorado River in 1905. Once a thriving recreational destination in the 1950s and 1960s, it is now surrounded by ...

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 origin of California's largest lake is a well-known tale. In an attempt to turn the desert into lush farmland more than a century ago, humans tried — and temporarily but dramatically failed — to ...

Hello everyone, and welcome to the latest issue of Parched. Zoya Teirstein here, to tell you a story about a former desert oasis, now toxic wasteland: the Salton Sea. In the spring of 1905, the ...