An ‘environmental nuclear bomb’ as Utah’s Great Salt Lake dries up
Climate change and rapid population growth are shrinking the lake, creating a bowl of toxic dust that could poison the air around Salt Lake City.
(Bryan Tarnowski/The New York Times) Exposed lake bed in the northern part of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, March 14, 2022. Climate change and rapid population growth are shrinking the lake, creating a bowl of toxic dust that could poison the air around Salt Lake City.