facebook-pixel

Dust from the Great Salt Lake is causing early snowmelt. Here’s what we can do about it.

Scientists weigh in on the impact of increasing dust coming from the lake bed’s dried up portions.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A pelican decomposes at the Great Salt Lake as seen near the Spiral Jetty, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Persistent drought has reduced lake levels to historic lows as the shoreline continues to recede.