Seawater from the surrounding bay is pumped into a series of shallow ponds, becoming increasingly salinized as evaporation increases the salt-to-water ratio.

Salt makers draw bay water into large evaporator ponds, where it sits exposed to the sun and wind. Over time, as the liquid becomes more saline, it gets moved farther through the network of ponds.

US Magnesium’s production plant has been mothballed for years as it battles environmental regulatory actions, equipment ...

Photographer Barbara Boissevain is documenting the area’s restoration from a center for commercial salt extraction back to its natural marshland state.

Likewise, migratory water birds left with few places to roost and forage during their yearly journey along the 9,000-mile Pacific Flyway, a migration corridor stretching from Alaska to Patagonia, ...

Evaporation ponds that are a pinkish-red color due to high salinity levels in the Great Salt Lake on August 2, 2021. The lake's water levels have risen half way to a healthy point.

Environment reporter Rosanna Xia shares her latest dispatch on sea level rise: A story of revival for both a town and a marsh that had been forgotten.

With permits in place, work can now begin on a bond-financed project to turn former industrial salt ponds on the south end of San Francisco Bay into wetland habitat for wildlife.

Out in the rugged landscapes of western Wyoming, where the Salt River winds its way toward the Palisades Reservoir, a quiet ...

Road salt can often wash into nearby wetlands and ponds and hurt freshwater wildlife, but some animals appear to be adapting.

For most healthy people, a pinch of salt in a glass of water is unlikely to do any harm, but there are better ways to reap the benefits. “Proper rehydration strategies like good old water, electrolyte ...