The Great Salt Lake is the largest saline lake left in the Western Hemisphere. The study occurred during one of the most notorious dry stretches of the West’s mega drought, which had lasted two ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake is a big contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study. The Royal Ontario Museum in Canada published research that found emissions from ...

The Great Salt Lake is one of Utah’s many natural wonders, ... White-faced ibis, great blue heron, snowy egret, grebes and Canada geese raise their chicks in the summer. By fall, ...

The Great Salt Lake has hit a new historic low for the second time in less than a year. Utah Department of Natural Resources said Monday, June 5, 2022, in a news release, the lake dipped Sunday to ...

Great Salt Lake Commissioner Brian Steed hopes with his “heart of hearts” for another good water year, but “can’t guarantee” it will happen. Great Salt Lake had another ‘game changer ...

Great Salt Lake is also known as America’s Dead Sea – owing to a likeness to its much smaller Middle Eastern counterpart – but scientists worry the moniker could soon take new meaning.

SALT LAKE CITY — Seth Horowitz went for a swim in the Great Salt Lake, going out to the buoys and back again. "Beautiful!" he told FOX 13 News on Monday. "It’s a little bit of rolling waves ...

A few months after experts shockingly predicted the Great Salt Lake could dry up within five years, Mother Nature dropped an unexpected reprieve: The biggest Utah snowpack in recorded history ...

A snow-covered mountain peak is seen from a flight over the Great Salt Lake on April 9. About two-thirds of the Great Salt Lake Basin's snowpack has yet to melt, as of Wednesday.

In fall 2022, the Great Salt Lake hit its lowest water level since record keeping began. The lake’s elevation sank to nearly six meters below the long-term average.

I have known Great Salt Lake in flood and now in drought, between her highest level, at 4,211.8 feet in 1987, and her lowest, at 4,188.5 feet in 2022. Maps and newspapers call her the Great Salt ...

The Great Salt Lake’s levels have rebounded slightly in recent years due to the last two snowy winters. Though it is still shrinking, some believe the recent moisture bought Utah some time to ...