The Wilson’s phalarope, a small migratory shorebird that depends on the Great Salt Lake as a refueling stop during its annual ...

This year's record low snowpack has revived concerns about the iconic lake's rapid evaporation. The Great Salt Lake is getting smaller—and saltier. Experts fear this could threaten migratory bird ...

The Great Salt Lake has lost more than 15 billion cubic yards of water over the past three decades, is getting shallower at the rate of 4 inches a year, and an analysis of its water budget suggests ...

From buoyant tourist playgrounds to pools so caustic they can strip flesh, the world’s saltiest lakes form a spectrum that runs from mildly briny to genuinely lethal. Ranked by salinity and toxicity, ...

Over the past 8,000 years, Utah's Great Salt Lake has been sensitive to changes in climate and water inflow. Now, new sediment isotope data indicate that human activity over the past 200 years has ...

Dried, cracked mud at the Antelope Island Marina on the Great Salt Lake due to low water levels near Syracuse, Utah, on Aug. 31, 2022. (Rick Bowmer / AP) But a monumental, perhaps impossible, plan to ...