Wasting Away
There's still time to save the Great Salt Lake—if the Legislature steps up.
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There's still time to save the Great Salt Lake—if the Legislature steps up.
AccuWeather's team of expert forecasters are describing Northwest's heat wave as 'unprecedented', 'life-threatening' and 'historic.'
E-Mail IMAGE: Iran's Lake Urmia -- a sister to Utah's Great Salt Lake -- has lost nearly 95 percent of its volume in the span of two decades. view more Credit: Somayeh Sima In a rare exchange, scientists and water resources engineers from Iran and Utah are collaborating on a bold scientific study to restore one of the world's largest saline lakes. Lake Urmia -- a massive salt lake in Iran's northwest and a sister to Utah's Great Salt Lake -- has lost nearly 95 percent of its volume over the last two decades. As water levels drop, salinity spikes, threatening the lake's brine shrim...
E-Mail IMAGE: Iran's Lake Urmia -- a sister to Utah's Great Salt Lake -- has lost nearly 95 percent of its volume in the span of two decades. view more Credit: Somayeh Sima In a rare exchange, scientists and water resources engineers from Iran and Utah are collaborating on a bold scientific study to restore one of the world's largest saline lakes. Lake Urmia -- a massive salt lake in Iran's northwest and a sister to Utah's Great Salt Lake -- has lost nearly 95 percent of its volume over the last two decades. As water levels drop, salinity spikes, threatening the lake's brine shrim...