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Dozens of dust events probably happen each year across the 120-square-mile playa once covered by the Great Salt Lake. But there are no comprehensive state or federal records of them.
Scientists found that Great Salt Lake’s chemistry and water balance were stable for thousands of years, until human ...
Great Salt Lake Park is one access point that's close to the city: just 20 miles west. Here, travelers will find a marina, a ...
Sediment records show humans reshaped the Great Salt Lake in just 200 years — transformations unmatched in millennia.
The Utah Legislature’s Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee voted to support draft legislation ...
Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz said there will likely be a special session this fall that could address the Great Salt Lake, which has recently fallen to dangerously low levels. Schultz told the ...
The only permanent solution to addressing the budding public health crisis caused by Great Salt Lake dust events is to reduce human water consumption.
University of Utah geologists study reed-covered mounds that mark locations where ancient groundwater emerges at the surface.
It does three major things, she said: it requires the berm to be raised if the south arm drops to 4,190 feet or lower, it ...
As the search for solutions to the shrinking Great Salt Lake continues, researchers at Utah State University opened up conversations with the biggest water users in the state: farmers. Among the ...
WOODS CROSS, Utah — Utah's Department of Natural Resources is utilizing LiDAR technology to help map the Great Salt Lake.