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The Salton Sea is a 316-square mile, shallow glaze of water in Southern California that has been receding in recent years. Scientists believe the toxic dust kicked up from the exposed lakebed is contributing to respiratory disease in the region. It now offers a tableau of dead wildlife, toxic dust, and neglect.
UC Riverside study has health implications for people living around California’s largest lake
Researchers have discovered a new incentive to safeguard mangrove forests: for the past 5,000 years, they have been silently removing carbon from the Earth's atmosphere.
Mangrove forests have been silently keeping carbon out of the Earth’s atmosphere for the past 5,000 years, according to researchers, who have discovered a new reason to preserve them.
According to new research on a Mexican mangrove forest, these dazzling ecosystems can keep carbon out of the atmosphere for millennia.