A drying Salton Sea: Research finds higher particulate pollution after water diverted to San Diego

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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