A Drying Salton Sea: Research Finds Higher Particulate Pollution After Water Diverted to San Diego

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When desert winds stir up dust from the Salton Sea’s exposed lakebed, nearby communities suffer from increased air pollution. The deterioration coincides with reduced flows into California’s largest lake, finds a new research paper in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

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