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Terry Tempest Williams: I am haunted by what I have seen at Great Salt Lake

Evaporation from heat and drought accelerated by climate change, combined with overuse of the rivers that feed it, have shrunk the lake’s area by two-thirds.

Podcast: Utah’s ‘environmental nuclear bomb’

Podcast: Utah’s ‘environmental nuclear bomb’

As the Great Salt Lake dries up, toxic dust threatens to poison the air in one of the United States’ fastest-growing metro areas.
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As the Great Salt Lake dries up, Utah faces ‘an environmental nuclear bomb’

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.
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Thousands evacuate as wildfires ravage Utah and Northern California

Firefighters battled the Dixie Fire in California and a new fire in Parleys Canyon in Utah as searing temperatures continued to bake the western United States.
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Heat wave bakes the Northern Rockies

The soaring temperatures have made wildfire season particularly dangerous.
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