The Great Salt Lake is shrinking. What can we do to stop it? - Science News
2023年4月17日 · As the lake recedes, its namesake city and surrounding communities face a host of potential problems. The low lake level and increasing salinity threaten to disrupt economic mainstays like...
The Great Salt Lake is shrinking rapidly and Utah has failed to …
2023年9月7日 · Utah officials have pushed the Great Salt Lake to the brink of an ecological collapse because they allowed upstream water to be diverted for decades to farmers growing alfalfa, hay and other crops, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by a coalition of environmental groups.
Farmers accused of drying up the imperiled Great Salt Lake say ... - NPR
2024年3月11日 · In a lawsuit filed last year against the state, Deed's group and others went on to call the drying Great Salt Lake — the American West's largest and one of the world's few remaining giant...
The Great Salt Lake is drying up. Environmentalists want ... - NPR
2024年9月17日 · KIRK SIEGLER, BYLINE: The largest saline lake in the Western Hemisphere, the Great Salt Lake, has shrunk to half its historical size, a consequence of the West's megadrought. It's hard to...
The Great Salt Lake is drying up. Can it be saved? - NPR Illinois
2024年1月23日 · Utah’s Great Salt Lake is the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere. Since the 1980s, the lake has shrunk by two-thirds, and is projected to disappear entirely in the next five years. If it does, it will lead to massive environmental, economic and public health issues.
Scientists warned Great Salt Lake could dry in 5 years. Now, …
2024年12月18日 · In that 34-page paper, a team of dozens of researchers and activists warned that “excessive water use is destroying Great Salt Lake.” If nothing changed, they predicted, “the lake would be on track to disappear in the next five years,” resulting in the spread of “toxic dust” across the region.
Great Salt lake drying due to climate change, scientists worry - NPR
2024年4月13日 · Scientists Carly Biedul, Bonnie Baxter and Heidi Hoven look for migratory birds on the eerily dry south shore of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
Great Salt Lake drops, triggering conerns - The Salt Lake Tribune
2024年11月20日 · In 2022, the Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest level in recorded history at 4,188.5 feet. The reasons for the lake’s declines have been attributed to water diversion upstream, drought...
Great Salt Lake is shrinking fast. Scientists demand action ... - CNN
2021年7月17日 · Great Salt Lake is also known as America’s Dead Sea – owing to a likeness to its much smaller Middle Eastern counterpart – but scientists worry the moniker could soon take new meaning. Human...
Great Salt Lake drops back down to 2021 levels
2024年11月20日 · In 2022, the Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest level in recorded history at 4,188.5 feet. The reasons for the lake’s declines have been attributed to water diversion upstream, drought...