Salton Sea, United States (AFP) Jan 7, 2022

Hollywood’s jetset once crowded the shores of the Salton Sea, a then-idyllic southern California playground for the wealthy. Today, it is desolate and depressed – the evaporating water leaving behind dead shellfish, dust and chemicals that irritate the airways.

But also lithium.

The increasingly valuable metal, whose supply is concentrated in a few global pockets, is vital for the recha
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