A massive military won't protect #Utah if the Wasatch Front becomes a toxic dust bowl.

These cuts will dry up the #GreatSaltLake:

• NASA/NOAA cuts blind snowpack tracking
• NIH cuts kill UofU dust health research
• Shifts $10B lake-saving cost to state
• USDA cuts end water-saving tech for farmers

Congrats to Michael Werner, Assistant Professor of Biology, for winning 1st place + People’s Choice in the Image of Research competition!

A powerful example of science captured through a single striking image.

🔗 tinylink.net/0MeWV
🔬 werner-lab.org
#greatsaltlake #research #photography #biology

Scientists Just Discovered a Hidden Freshwater World Beneath the Great Salt Lake Scientists found extensive freshwater beneath the Great Salt Lake, offering new insights into groundwater flow and potential environmental solutions.

Scientists Just Discovered a Hidden Freshwater World Beneath the Great Salt Lake #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #FreshwaterWorld #GreatSaltLake

scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-discover...

Huge Freshwater Reservoir Found Hidden Under The Great Salt Lake The Great Salt Lake is so named because of the salinity of its water, but a new study appears to have detected a huge reservoir of salt-free freshwater hiding underneath it.

www.sciencealert.com/huge-freshwa...

#saltlake #greatsaltlake #water #utah

#UnitedStates: Freshwater Under Great Salt Lake

A new study by the University of Utah found a large reservoir of salt-free freshwater beneath the Great Salt Lake, known for its high salinity, that may extend up to 2.5 miles (4 km) deep.

Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#greatsaltlake

Heading home with the morning catch #greatsaltlake #utah #blackandwhite #leica #landscapephotography #photography #lakes

Scientists Find Evidence Of Hidden Fresh Water Beneath The Great Salt Lake Invasive plants on the salt flats were clues pointing to hidden freshwater beneath the Great Salt Lake, a new study finds.

Scientists Find Evidence Of Hidden Fresh Water Beneath The Great Salt Lake #Science #EarthSciences #Hydrology #GreatSaltLake #FreshWater #EarthScience

studyfinds.com/scientists-find-evidence...

Visited Stansbury Island this morning. #greatsaltlake #utah

Sailboats at the dock with bare masts on the Great Salt Lake are lined up in front of snow-capped mountains.

Sailboats and snow-capped mountains.

#GreatSaltLake

#Photography
#BlueSkyPhotos

Architectural Framework for Remediating Anthropogenic Inflow Losses to Great Salt Lake This study presents a mechanism‑first architectural framework for understanding and remediating anthropogenic inflow losses to Great Salt Lake. Traditional accounting frameworks have focused on munici...

Architectural Framework for Remediating Anthropogenic Inflow Losses to Great Salt Lake
#GreatSaltLake #utah #salinelakes
New upload:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

A nude blonde poses on the shores of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, casting a 25 foot shadow.

Auroraa and her shadow on the shores of the Great Salt Lake @auroraamodels.bsky.social #notsexuallyexplicit, #fineartnude, #nudeinnature, #nude, #Utah, #blonde, #shadow, #greatsaltlake,

rwinterton@le.utah.gov, nblouin@le.utah.gov, ebuss@le.utah.gov, mmckell@le.utah.gov, jplumb@le.utah.gov, ssandall@le.utah.gov, evickers@le.utah.gov

#GreatSaltLake

Investing In Nature’s Intangible Benefits: Assigning Economic Value To Protect Natural Resources This article is the second in a series highlighting the perspectives of experts who are part of this work and participated in our related 2025 Climate Week NYC panel, Valuing the Priceless: Investing in Nature’s Intangible Benefits.

In this interview, Senior Fellow in Residence Dr. Nalini Nadkarni, renowned ecologist and National Geographic Explorer at Large, discusses the ecological crisis in the #GreatSaltLake region, the state of the Institute’s #NatureBasedSolutions project, & the frameworks needed to advance the field.

Hydrologic and Surface State Consequences of Berming Farmington Bay: A Quantitative Assessment This document evaluates the hydrologic and surface‑state consequences of installing a berm to block flows from Farmington Bay to the main body of Great Salt Lake as a dust‑mitigation strategy. The ana...

Hydrologic and Surface‑State Consequences of Berming Farmington Bay: A Quantitative Assessment
Article here:
#GreatSaltLake
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Great Salt Lake – Utah Physicians for Healthy Environment

Learn more about Great Salt Lake dust and health risks

#GreatSaltLake #UtahAirQuality #HB501

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The phalarope strategy cannot help the #GreatSaltLake.
This thread explains why.
The idea was imported from Mono Lake environmentalism, but the hydrology and governance are fundamentally different.

2026 Legislative Update and Actions – Utah Physicians for Healthy Environment

Utahns deserve clean air, protected water, and accountability — not policies that weaken safeguards when we need them most.

📌 See other bills and actions UPHE is tracking

#GreatSaltLake #ProtectOurAir #UtahLeg #CleanAir

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Today, groundwater pumping intercepts roughly 800,000 acre‑feet of water every year that would otherwise help sustain #GreatSaltLake .

Great Salt Lake may hit historic lows this year, despite long-awaited snowfall Despite this week’s heavy snowfall, conservationists warn Utah’s snowpack — which hit a record low earlier this month — is likely not enough to keep the Great Salt Lake’s water levels from hitting new...

Great Salt Lake may hit historic lows this year, despite long-awaited snowfall

The current snowpack is still hovering near minimum levels, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.

#Utah #GreatSaltLake

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/grea...

"Conservation paradox" is a misnomer: Updating Hydrologic Accounting and Language for a Modern Basin The “conservation paradox” reflects a mismatch between modern hydrology and legacy terminology. The accounting and language used across Western water management were built in an era of abundance, when...

#GreatSaltLake studies
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#lakeeffectsnow and other weather modification techniques are drying up our water sources! #greatsaltlake

Are you familiar with
GrowTheFlowUtah.org? Have you attended a rally for the #GreatSaltLake? Do you remember the SLAPP lawsuit against BYU professor Ben Abbott for citing his research as a reason to save Utah Lake from destruction? If you've grown to love Ben, too, enjoy!
youtu.be/aCS5E1AtQO8?...

Sampling the Playa creates dust lift zones
Surface disturbance is one of the biggest drivers of Playa dust lift.
Traversing the playa to sample the playa and spring creates disturbance in the Playa.
#GreatSaltLake

In other words: the act of sampling can create the dust we think we’re measuring.

#CleanAir #GreatSaltLake #UtahLegislature #PublicHealth

A sunset on a cloudy day, taken from the coast of the Great Salt Lake.

A sunset, as seen from Antelope Island State Park in the Great Salt Lake. #greatsaltlake #utah #photography

Saline Playa Surface State Grounded in the Great Salt Lake This article presents a mechanism‑first framework for understanding dust emission on saline playas, grounded in empirical observations from the Great Salt Lake. Public narratives often treat dust as a...

Introducing my new study:
Saline Playa Surface State: Grounded in the Great Salt Lake
This work synthesizes years of field observation, surface‑state analysis, and real‑time dust monitoring on the #GreatSaltLake playa.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#TidesOutTuesday one #bird #californiaseagull #birds #SantaMonicaBeach & one #mormonbomber(as we called 'em as kids 🤔) #gull #seagull #greatsaltlake #greatbasin & #one #phonephoto & one fr a nicer #canon rig & #glass #beach & #desert #phonephotography #moods #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin #outdoorlife

A photograph titled “Mountain” of a flat Utah desert landscape with sage and other vegetation and centered almost at the horizon a prone bison.

Mountain
#photograph #utah #antelopeisland #greatsaltlake #bison

Ski for Nature Join The Nature Conservancy and Snowbird for “Watershed: From Mountain Forests to Great Salt Lake,” a special presentation and panel discussion.

Like skiing? Like nature? Want to learn more about how Utah's unique relationship with water works?

Check out this event at Snowbird on March 4th!

www.nature.org/en-us/get-in...

#Utah #skiing #ski #conservation #GreatSaltLake #Snowbird

Dealing with Great Salt Lake dust could present problems and huge costs A new study finds that dealing with Great Salt Lake dust has trade-offs and ballooning costs.

www.fox13now.com/news/great-s...

#Utah #Climate #Ecology #GreatSaltLake #SaltLake #ClimateChange