Under the Great Salt Lake playa lies a potentially vast reservoir of pressurized freshwater that has accumulated over ...

Scientists studying the Great Salt Lake have long described it as a place defined by salt and little else, so expectations ...

Utah lawmakers say conservation will continue to be a "key component" in helping get water to the Great Salt Lake, which may ...

Most people can imagine why a shrinking Great Salt Lake would mean unhealthy dust storms for the Wasatch Front, or why refilling the lake through water conservation could reduce dust exposure. Now, ...

Salt Lake City Planning Commission gave an unfavorable recommendation for a plan to rezone 80 acres near Great Salt Lake.

People walk on the south steps of the Capitol in Salt Lake City before a special session of the legislature on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) Salt Lake City has ...

Hoping for a white Christmas in Utah’s capital? Don’t count on it. Instead of the crunch of snow under your boots and cozy holiday sweaters, you may be swapping scarves for shorts and T-shirts this ...

A powerful winter storm is creating near-record waves on Lake Superior, potentially reaching 34 feet. The storm is causing blizzard conditions with heavy snow and high winds across Michigan's Upper ...

Gale force winds so intense they could match or exceed the level that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 are expected across the Great Lakes on Dec. 29 and continue on through the night. National ...

Turkey faces an ecological crisis as its wetlands disappear. This aerial photo shows a view of Tuz Golu, a vibrant pink salt lake in Turkey. It once had a thriving flamingo population, but when the ...