Citing a report by the state-led Great Salt Lake Advisory Council, U. scholars considered economic losses from a declining ...

The state is trying to bridge the gap in its monitoring network, a state environmental scientist said, but it is "exceedingly ...

Toxic dust from the drying Great Salt Lake is a threat to Utah's health and future. State regulators and lawmakers must ...

The Great Salt Lake now generates around 15 dust events ... Vulnerable patients, like the elderly and those with existing respiratory issues, may notice impacts from a dust storm right away.

“It concerns everyone,” Yamane says. “It’s now on the forefront of every Utahan’s mind.” And the Great Salt Lake isn’t unique. Many of the world’s saline lakes are facing a double ...

But the most pressing concern right now in the Salt Lake Valley ... source of dust pollution in the nation. In Utah, the Great Salt Lake is more than seven times larger than the historic footprint ...

Terminal lakes, like the Great Salt Lake, are ones where water can flow ... year buys us some time to work on some of these long term issues,” including water rights and installing meters ...

The Great Salt Lake is the largest saline lake left in the ... Dust storms and air pollution, born out of a dried up lake bed, is also a major concern for Utah residents. Scientists have also ...

Last November, the Great Salt Lake, the largest saline lake in the ... where the briny water of the lake laps against land, Utah’s water issues also become air issues. “It’s like a bathtub ...

The level of the Great Salt Lake in Utah reached a record low in 2022 ... The reduction in the lake's volume poses ecological and economic issues for Utah—but also public-health concerns ...

This solution could take a long time to solve Utah's problems, though. Of the Great Salt Lake's four major concern areas, Perry considers Farmington Bay as the easiest to mitigate simply because ...

WEBER COUNTY, Utah — Flood mitigation and preserving the Great Salt Lake are at the top of mind for many in the state, but fortunately, one is greatly helping the other. On Thursday, the Weber ...