Salton Sea
Salton Sea. Photo: SaltonSea.ca.gov
Is California’s largest lake doomed?

Recent media reports have shone a light on the disappearing Salton Sea in California.
Salton Sea is an ecological disaster. California’s largest lake often looks like an ocean – it covers about 375 sq miles and is home to many migrating birds. But the inland sea is saltier than the Pacific Ocean and is slowly dying from its own salinity – and the agriculture run-off which sustains it.



Check out this report by BBC’s Alastair Leithead.

Here is the official website.

Paradise Lost


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