Utah State University: Great Salt Lake On Path To Hyper-Salinity, Mirroring Iranian Lake, New Research Shows
October 06, 2022
October 06, 2022
LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news:
Starved for freshwater, the Great Salt Lake is getting saltier. The lake is losing sources of freshwater input to agriculture, urban growth and drought, and the drawdown is causing salt concentrations to spike beyond even the tolerance of brine shrimp and brine flies, according to Wayne Wurtsbaugh from Watershed Sciences in the Quinney College of Natural Resources.
Deciphering the ecologica . . .
Starved for freshwater, the Great Salt Lake is getting saltier. The lake is losing sources of freshwater input to agriculture, urban growth and drought, and the drawdown is causing salt concentrations to spike beyond even the tolerance of brine shrimp and brine flies, according to Wayne Wurtsbaugh from Watershed Sciences in the Quinney College of Natural Resources.
Deciphering the ecologica . . .