The Great Salt Lake is one of Utah’s many natural wonders, ... Learn a little about the lake’s geology, biology and Indigenous history while picking up a few souvenirs at the visitor center.

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The Great Salt Lake has hit a new historic low for the second time in less than a year. Utah Department of Natural Resources said Monday, June 5, 2022, in a news release, the lake dipped Sunday to ...

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A few months after experts shockingly predicted the Great Salt Lake could dry up within five years, Mother Nature dropped an unexpected reprieve: The biggest Utah snowpack in recorded history ...

In fall 2022, the Great Salt Lake hit its lowest water level since record keeping began. The lake’s elevation sank to nearly six meters below the long-term average.

"Great Salt Lake is facing unprecedented danger. Without a dramatic increase in water flow to the lake in 2023 and 2024, its disappearance could cause immense damage to Utah's public health ...

The Great Salt Lake released 4.1 million tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in 2020, researchers found — more evidence that dried-out lakes are a significant source of emissions.

As Great Salt Lake dries up, it emits millions of tons of CO2 A new study found that the drying Great Salt Lake in Utah is now a major source of the gas emissions that are causing the climate to warm.

I have known Great Salt Lake in flood and now in drought, between her highest level, at 4,211.8 feet in 1987, and her lowest, at 4,188.5 feet in 2022.

As the Great Salt Lake shrinks, state agencies usually report its elevation in terms of feet above sea level. On Thursday, at the Saltair Boat Harbor, that number was 4,192.9 feet above sea level ...

The Great Salt Lake isn't too great these days. It's drying up, in part because of water diversions to farmers upstream. Environmentalists will ask a Utah court today to force mandatory water cuts.