Saving the Salton Sea

Abstract

Saving the Salton SeaResearchers work to understand its problems and provide possible solutions teve Horvitz stands on a desert hilltop overlooking the Salton Sea in southern California.He shakes his head and points to a large, greenish mat of algae that covers the inland lake's northern end.Strong winds over the past few days have stirred up the sea and brought nutrientrich water from the bottom to the surface, producing the bloom.The algae will die within a few hours, he says, robbing the sea's warm summer waters of dissolved oxygen as they decompose.That, in turn, will kill tons of fish.