The team identified California's Salton Sea as a briny source for extraction. The lake has 50% more salt than oceans, according to the state government. Nature's report said that about 600,000 ...

Iodine is a crucial element in various industries, but it is one of the least abundant nonmetallic elements on Earth.

But extracting uranium from seawater is an immensely challenging ... The difficulty of this task is akin to finding a gram of salt in 300,000 litres of fresh water, if not more challenging.