DRIED UP: In Utah, drying Great Salt Lake leads to air pollution by Rachel Frazin - 09/13/22 6:00 AM ET. by Rachel Frazin - 09/13/22 6:00 AM ET.

Utah leaders are under pressure to end water diversions and enforce tougher restrictions in order save the drying Great Salt Lake. A recent report predicted it will completely dry in five years.

Scientists spent seven months in 2020 sampling emissions coming off the dried saline lake bed. Canada's Royal Ontario Museum published the study on Thursday in the journal One Earth . Sponsor Message ...

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 ...

As the Great Salt Lake falls prey to human-induced drought conditions, its increasingly exposed seabed is emitting greenhouse gases and accelerating climate change, a new study has found. About 4. ...

As that lake dried, ... The Great Salt Lake is more than 12 times larger than Owens Lake, and there’s no single city or deep-pocketed culprit to blame for its predicament.

Experts say the Great Salt Lake isn't the leading cause of dust in Utah. Desert playas where other lakes have already dried up \u2014 including the Great Salt Lake Desert to the west of the lake ...

This year’s record-breaking snowpack is pouring into the dried-out Salt Lake Snowmelt is replenishing depleted ecosystems and flooding communities. by Hannah Singleton May 15, 2023 January 24, 2024 ...

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.

Adam Richins looked outside and saw a brownish hue spanning the horizon across Millard County. “It’s a dust bowl,” he said. Richins, Millard County’s planner, is sure the Sevier Dry Lake is a ...

Given that most of Great Salt Lake could be dried up by then, Democratic Rep. Joel Briscoe introduced a bill in this year’s legislative session that would direct $60 million annually of that ...

Utah’s Salt Lake City is notably one of the biggest outdoor hubs in the country. It offers easy access to climbing and hundreds of miles of hiking and mountain biking trails in the Wasatch ...