Gaia Desert

https://news.llu.edu/research/researchers-find-mold-contamination-eastern-coachella-valley

The Effect of a Receding Saline Lake (The Salton Sea) on Airborne Particulate Matter Composition : The Effect of a Receding Saline Lake (The Salton Sea) on Airborne Particulate Matter Composition The Effect of a Receding Saline Lake (The Salton Sea) on Airborne Particulate Matter Composition Alexander L. Frie † ,  Justin H. Dingle ‡ ,  Samantha C. Ying † ‡   , and  Roya Bahreini * † ‡   †  Department of Environmental Sciences,  University of California , Riverside, California 92521,  United States ‡  Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program,  University of California , Riverside, California 92521,  United States

Here is a map of Gap-minder for Sanitation and total Population over time. When you click the play button, you see that most countries will  "play", you see that most countries will rise up and to the right. The two biggest being India and China. There is one larger county that trends down and to the right. This indicates that as the population increases, the access to sanitation decreases. Available here on its own: http://bit.ly/2Jnk3Vx

Here is a new ability of the Google Earth engine. This answers some questions about the Salton Sea that I have had: The map at the Owens Valley lake is interesting. This shows the red algae during the 1980s and 1990s during the dust storm days. Towards the 2000s you can see the dust mitigation coming in. Imagine having to breath in all of that red algae dust during those 25mph wind storms. https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/#v=36.47757,-117.90357,9.96,latLng&t=2.35

The Salton Sea is shrinking. "There are still insects", birds and fish! Here is a link to a piece by KMIR in the Desert. Its a bit of a Shill  because I'm in the piece, and I'm promoting it, but I do think it is important and mostly accurate. https://kmir.com/2018/05/14/low-tide-the-salton-sea-crisis-health-impact/

This is a new article that just came out in the Journal of Environmental Health.  The main finding is that shoppers should wash their hands after they visit the supermarket.

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/14/585122825/some-california-cities-criminalize-nuisance-code-violations