The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders ...

At a time when a strong economy is paramount, the U.S. government risks undermining one of its most valuable assets: the Great Lakes. These waters, and the fisheries sustained within them ...

Above: Satellite view of the Great Lakes on a recent clear day (December 22, 2019), showing less than 2% overall ice cover, about normal for this point in the winter, mainly in Green Bay and ...

A recent image taken from the International Space Station (ISS) has captured a curious sight atop the Emi Koussi volcano, ...

Three years ago, when the Great Salt Lake was at its lowest levels, Utah lawmakers were alarmed enough to try what may be impossible: save the lake from drying up.

It is a possibility that's easy to ignore: the Great Salt Lake could dry up. But photographer Nick Pedersen is trying to put ...

Cutler Dam is the last dam on the Bear River before the Great Salt Lake. It was a perfect spot for farmers, political ...

Saving the Great Salt Lake isn’t something that can be done overnight, and definitely not without some tough choices.

BEN ABBOTT, ecology professor at Brigham Young University and the lead author of a 2023 report warning that Utah’s Great Salt Lake could disappear in as little as five years.

The Great Salt Lake may still be the largest inland salt lake in North America. However, it is shrinking so fast that the ...