Can Lithium Cure What Ails the Salton Sea?

Can Lithium Cure What Ails the Salton Sea?
Grasses and cattails are sprouting up on exposed lake bed in the Salton Sea, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2019. Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/TNS
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By Louis Sahagun From Los Angeles Times

SALTON SEA, Calif.—Studying the complexity of mud on the ocean floor is a life’s work for Timothy Lyons, so when the tall and lean biogeochemist asks you to join an expedition in search of chemical mysteries buried deep beneath the waves, be prepared to get wet and dirty.