Megadrought Dries Up America's 'Dead Sea' Releasing Arsenic Off Lakes
Utah's Great Salt Lake is reaching a historically low level of water, which impacts greatly as a threat for hundreds of species including humans. As the rate of global warming rises faster, a 'megadrought' is expected to continue relentlessly in western US states which forces regions to declare states of emergency. This includes exacerbating wildfires that have been going on for months. (Photo : Photo by Brent Pace on Unsplash) The Utah drought had dried up America's "Dead Sea", nearly nine feet lower water level than the long-term average of the lake. As the largest salt water body in the we...