The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it’s not doing enough.

The American West is experiencing its driest period in human history, a megadrought that threatens health, agriculture and entire ways of life. DRIED UP is examining the dire effects of the drought on ...

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Secrets of the Great Salt Lake will showcase the remarkable story of the lake’s formation and its importance to the people and wildlife of Utah. Utah’s Great Salt Lake is drying up, foretelling a dire ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The governor of Utah has a problem. The Great Salt Lake is shrinking, and a dry lakebed threatens to send ...

Utah's Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western hemisphere. Due to climate change, the lake's very existence—and the ecosystems that depend on it—is at risk of disappearing.

GREAT SALT LAKE, Utah - Kevin Perry was standing on the parched lakebed when the wind started to pick up. He squinted across acracked, gray expanse of earth, submerged 16 feet underwater just five ...

Retreating water levels are exposing stretches of cracked, arsenic-laden lakebed in Utah. Future dust storms will carry an extra hazard. People wade in the waters of the Great Salt Lake at Antelope ...

Utah’s Great Salt Lake is the largest wetland ecosystem in the U.S. West, as well as the largest salt lake in the whole Western Hemisphere and the eighth largest in the world. Best known for its ...

Utah will consider adding a new state park in 2026, adding to a popular system that generated close to 13 million visits last ...

Note to readers • Leia Larsen is a reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune. She spent a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining the intersection of politics and environmental issues.

The dust blowing from the dry bed of the Great Salt Lake is creating a serious public health threat, two environmental ...