One thing locals are most worried about is toxic dust released from Great Salt Lake's exposed lake beds. Thanks to receding water levels, toxins are being released into the air. That said ...

Utah leaders are under pressure to end water diversions and enforce tougher restrictions in order save the drying Great Salt ...

The largest saline lake in North America is on track to collapse within five years, a new report finds Margaret Osborne Daily Correspondent Boat docks sit on dry, cracked earth at the Great Salt ...

Climate change, agribusiness, and mining interests are choking the Great Salt Lake. Activists say Utah's state legislature ...

Saline lakes are rapidly losing water to climate change and agricultural and urban uses, becoming some of the West’s most ...

It travels further still: dust from the Great Salt Lake has been found from Southern Utah to Wyoming. When toxic dust reaches us, we breathe it in. So do our kids. There’s no doubt that air ...

toxic dust storms and impacts to public health, wildlife and the economy. Lawmakers are expected to spend upwards of $500 million on water conservation and Great Salt Lake measures this year.

The Great Salt Lake is facing unprecedented danger according ... economy as well as increased precipitation, suppressing toxic dust and supporting 80% of Utah’s wetlands, according to the ...

The shrinking Great Salt Lake is facing ecological collapse as salinity levels rise. State leaders hope a hearty snowpack and ...

The Great Salt Lake also helps to prevent toxic dust particles from entering the atmosphere. According to the BYU report, the bed of the Great Salt Lake has pollutants such as arsenic, mercury and ...