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A drying Great Salt Lake is spewing toxic dust. It could cost Utah billions

Note to readers • This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The dust blowing from the dry bed of the ...
The Hill

DRIED UP: In Utah, drying Great Salt Lake leads to air pollution

The American West is experiencing its driest period in human history, a megadrought that threatens health, agriculture and entire ways of life. DRIED UP is examining the dire effects of the drought on ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Utah’s hot and dry summer forecast could kick up more Great Salt Lake dust

This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about the plight of ...
fox13now

Farmers want to help the Great Salt Lake, but feel like ‘scapegoats’ for a more complex problem

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 ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

A solution to the Great Salt Lake’s blowing dust might lie deep beneath its surface

A team of geologists drilled through strange formations dotting the lake’s drying playa, and were surprised by what they found. Farmington Bay • The assumption was that the water underlying the Great ...