Before anyone even thinks about jumping in, it helps to understand what Lake Natron actually is. Located in northern Tanzania, this lake has no normal outlet to rivers or oceans. Instead, water flows ...

Most people think of Maine as a coastline state: lobster traps, lighthouses, rocky shores. But tucked inland, just about 20 miles northwest of Portland, sits a lake so deep and so clean that it ...

Many of the big saline lakes of the Americas are on the brink of collapse due to climate change and water diversions. Mono lake’s survival is due to the scientists, activists, and locals who have ...