NASA’s Asteroid Sample Reveals a Shocking Link Between Space and Earth’s Salt Lakes
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...
Amid a freeze, Utah granted millions of gallons of new water rights in the Great Salt Lake basin. Here’s where the water will go.
The Salt Lake Tribune analyzed dozens of water rights applications submitted in the two years following a moratorium on most new appropriations within the Great Salt Lake Basin. Here's what we found.
Utah’s top environment official to quit mid-legislative session
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox appointed Shelley to direct the Department of Environmental Quality just before his first term.
New salt storage rules on the table
The Crow River, Otter Lake and Campbell Lake provide recreational opportunities for Hutchinson residents, but they also mean additional statutory requirements for the city government. When the ...
City approves new salt storage rules
The Hutchinson City Council unanimously approved an ordinance change dictating how salt used for de-icing can be stored. The changes, which came about when the city renewed its Minnesota Pollution ...
Riverton says ‘no’ to fluoride in resolution
The resolution is a nod to HB81, or Fluoride Amendments, by Rep. Stephanie Gricius, R-Eagle Mountain, passed the House ...
Opinion: The Salton Sea’s weirdness is what’s appealing
If the lake were to completely dry up there would be a horror to behold. While at shrinking Lake Mead a few gangster cadavers ...
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A veteran transforms a legacy of violence into a campaign for restoration
I GOT INTO the environmental restoration business by accident. After military tours at sea and in Iraq as a Marine grunt and sniper, I demobilized back to Salt Lake City, where my family had relocated ...
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20 jaw-dropping places on Earth that look like an alien planet
Mono Lake, located in California near Yosemite National Park, is one of North America's oldest lakes, over a million years ...
Another casualty of a bone-dry winter: LA won’t take less water from Mono Lake
LA had planned to take substantially less from the iconic Eastern Sierra lake this winter. The decision is a blow to ...
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‘Chemical time capsule’: Asteroid Bennu’s salts tell tale of early solar system
Discover the fascinating findings from asteroid Bennu: pristine salt minerals reveal the presence of liquid water in the ...
14-Year-Old Dies After Falling Through the Ice at Utah Pond: 'I'm Going to Miss Him So Much,' Mom Says
Samuel Creel was remembered by family as a "loving big brother" who "also liked playing video games, working on computers and ...