Road safety across Ohio begins 1,800 feet below Lake Erie at Cleveland’s Cargill salt mine near Whiskey Island.

Note to readers • Leia Larsen is a reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune. She spent a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining the intersection of politics and environmental issues.

Salt might seem like an everyday kitchen staple, but in Poland, it transforms into a breathtaking masterpiece. The Wieliczka Salt Mine near Krakow is a marvel of human ingenuity and natural beauty, ...

Utah’s resource managers have presented a plan that ensures water that makes it to the Great Salt Lake stays in the lake. Lawmakers in 2023 passed legislation taming what they called the “wild west” ...

Secrets of the Great Salt Lake will showcase the remarkable story of the lake’s formation and its importance to the people and wildlife of Utah. Utah’s Great Salt Lake is drying up, foretelling a dire ...

The Great Lakes' water supply is threatened by increased demand from industries like data centers and mining, coupled with climate change impacts. Data centers, attracted by tax incentives, consume ...