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.

Sitting just northwest of Salt Lake City, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere is drying up because of water use and drought amid a changing climate, sending dust with toxic metals ...

A team of geologists drilled through strange formations dotting the Great Salt Lake's drying playa, and were surprised by what they found.

Dust blows across the dry lakebed of the Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City on Friday, Aug. 12. (Spenser Heaps, Deseret News) ...

Utah’s Great Salt Lake. It’s the largest Salt Lake in the western hemisphere. But it’s drying up, fast. In the 1980s, the lake covered more than 3,000 square miles. By 2021, it covered ...

The Great Salt Lake is drying up. Environmentalists want mandatory water cuts In a Salt Lake City courtroom Tuesday, environmentalists suing Utah will accuse the state of not doing enough to ...

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. ...

If the Great Salt Lake is allowed to dry up, the impact on wildlife, local populations and the entire ecology of the west could be serious. Utah’s leaders need to weigh the value of their state ...

New research found that the Great Salt Lake’s drying lakebed emits tons of greenhouse gasses, threatening the health of those in Utah and beyond Published: Aug 27, 2024 Korin Miller ...

Report details lake's importance The Great Salt Lake lies along a crucial flyway, attracting an estimated 10 million birds a year. Roughly 350 bird species depend on its ecosystems.

An inland sea in Iran may provide a lesson for its twin in Utah: the Great Salt Lake may disappear if we take too much water. ... 10PM: Great Salt Lake's Iranian 'twin' is drying up.

Utah’s Great Salt Lake. It’s the largest Salt Lake in the western hemisphere. But it’s drying up, fast. In the 1980s, the lake covered more than 3,000 square miles.