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A senior officer of the Chandigarh administration attributed the decline in water level to increase in evaporation amid the hot weather ...
For those of us who care about the Great Salt Lake, it’s a daunting future,” writes Brian Higgins in an op-ed. “But maybe we ...
Utah is the second driest state in the U.S., with a rare closed water system in which northern Utah’s water recycles through the Great Salt Lake instead of flowing to the ocean.
In a news conference Tuesday morning, Great Salt Lake Commissioner Brian Steed gave updates on the state of the lake, and ...
We should treat our water reservoirs like a savings fund, not a checking account. Here are some simple steps every Utahn can ...
Whether you're looking to release pent-up emotions, send a message to a loved one you’ve lost or cast a prayer, these events ...
Not only does the prospect of a dried lake bed menace one of the West’s cornerstone ... Scholars with the Wallace Stegner Center at the University of Utah‘s S.J. Quinney College of Law posit ...
The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders ... About 800 square miles of lake bed sits exposed, baking in ...
Boat docks sit on dry cracked earth at the Great ... Dust storms and air pollution, born out of a dried up lake bed, is also a major concern for Utah residents. Scientists have also warned that ...
Utah’s Great Salt Lake - the largest saline ... It rebounded some after the past two wet winters, but vast stretches of dry lake bed remain, and levels still lie below what state officials ...
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.