UTAH'S GREAT SALT LAKE IS DISAPPEARING - Great Salt Lake is Shrinking Fast.mp4

Published on Jul 17, 2021
Great Salt Lake is also known as America's Dead Sea owing to a likeness to its much smaller Middle Eastern counterpart but scientists worry the moniker could soon take new meaning.

Human water consumption and diversion have long depleted the Utah lake. Its level today is inches away from a 58-year low, state officials say, and Western drought conditions fueled by the climate crisis have exacerbated conditions.