Northern Utah’s Great Salt Lake—the largest saltwater lake in the western hemisphere—is rapidly disappearing and by some ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Dozens danced and sang and protested on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, demanding more action to save it. On Wednesday, a crowd gathered to support a pending lawsuit against the ...

The shoreline of Utah’s Great Salt Lake frames an otherworldly body of water, from pastel pink to deep marine blue. In the fall, its surface transforms with slicks of gold — made from millions of ...

The Great Salt Lake has been shriveling up for decades. At its record low about four years ago, the exposed lake bed became a source of toxic dust, with scientists warning of imminent ecological ...

A state judge agreed with the plaintiffs that Utah has a fiduciary duty under the state's public trust doctrine to preserve the waters of the lake that faces a precipitous decline. (CN) — ...

A worrying study published last month in Environmental Challenges claims that nearly two-thirds of the Great Salt Lake’s shrinkage is attributable to human use of river water that otherwise would have ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The declining water levels of the Great Salt Lake have exposed 800 square miles of lake playa, becoming a major cause of concern and source of dust pollution blowing into Utah's ...