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Collapsing Great Salt Lake could take Utah’s economy down with it
Spiraling dangers from a dried-up Great Salt Lake would gradually spread well beyond its shores, a study warns, eventually threatening Utahns’ health and economic well-being. Not only does the ...
Great Salt Lake dust isn’t being measured accurately. Here’s what the state is doing about it.
The state is trying to bridge the gap in its monitoring network, a state environmental scientist said, but it is "exceedingly ...
Opinion: The dust we breathe — Utah’s urgent wake-up call from the Great Salt Lake
Toxic dust from the drying Great Salt Lake is a threat to Utah's health and future. State regulators and lawmakers must ...
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Here’s what makes the Great Salt Lake special, and why it’s in trouble
The Great Salt Lake is one of the most unique water bodies in the West. It’s the largest lake in the U.S. with no outlet to the sea. Water only leaves through evaporation, so salt enters and ...
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As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces an ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’
Exposed lake bed in the northern part of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.Credit... Supported by By Christopher Flavelle Photographs and Video by Bryan Tarnowski Flavelle reported this story from Utah ...
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The Great Salt Lake is shrinking. What can we do to stop it?
At Antelope Island State Park near Salt Lake City in the fall of 2022, three duck hunters dragged a sled across cracked desert sand in search of the water’s edge. The birds they sought were ...
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The Great Salt Lake Is Drying. Can Utah Save It?
The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it’s not doing enough.
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Why is the Great Salt Lake drying up? What saline lakes can tell us
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake is a time capsule. It can tell us where the Earth has been, and where it is going. Like its "sister" lakes in the sprawling Great Basin that cover 200,000 ...
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After losing over 2 feet, Great Salt Lake to get another boost from Utah Lake
Editor's note: This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people ...
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As the Great Salt Lake dries up, it's also emitting millions of tons of CO2
Scientists say the drying Great Salt Lake in Utah is now becoming a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions that are causing the climate to warm, according to a new study.
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The Great Salt Lake isn’t just drying out. It’s warming the planet.
Like some dystopian astronaut, Melissa Cobo would hike the searing flats of the dried-out Great Salt Lake every couple of weeks, hauling a heavy backpack attached by a hose to what looked like the ...