Friday, November 26, 2021

Climate Change and The Great Salt Lake

 https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2021/11/22/great-salt-lake-is-dying/

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148700/record-low-for-great-salt-lake


CATTAIL DECLINE AT FARMINGTON BAY WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT AREA

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol37/iss1/2/ or https://www.researchgate.net/publication/243963123_CATTAIL_DECLINE_AT_FARMINGTON_BAY_WATERFOWL_MANAGEMENT_AREA'


Utah's Great Salt Lake shrinks to unsustainable levels amid a decades-long megadrought
The PBS News Hour    October 18, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsBXpt5RIsQ

In June of 1975, when I was doing my research near the Great Salt Lake on the decline of cattails, the Great Salt Lake water level was 4201.3 feet (U.S. Geological Survey).  As of today (October 24, 2022), the water level is 4,185.6.    https://www.usgs.gov/centers/utah-water-science-center/science/great-salt-lake-elevations


The link below will take you to a summary article on inland water changes that have occurred because of climate change.  Included with the summary article, is a link to a PDF of the cover article that can be downloaded.  Along with world-wide inland water problems caused by drought, the water levels of the Great Salt Lake are described.  Also included, in the PDF, are stunning photographs of the Great Salt Lake's environmental and ecosystem changes.  One photograph of a thunderstorm  shows how harmful dust can be spread into the air.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Water worries

As the climate changes, scientists study how droughts affect our inland waters

Howes, Laura. 2022. Chemical and Engineering News, 100(38), pp 26-33, October 31, 2022

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cen-10038-cover


Great Salt Lake Levels are Rising - January 2023

     Great Salt Lake may disappear in 5 years 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/us/great-salt-lake-disappearing-drought-climate/index.html

     Water Levels have risen 1 foot because of winter storms

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/great-salt-lake-water-levels-135103623.html

https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/rainy-days-in-utah-are-raising-water-levels-at-great-salt-lake/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/01/18/celebrating-small-wins-great/#:~:text=%7C%20Jan.,%2C%202023%2C%201%3A18%20p.m.&text=From%20the%20depths%20of%20Utah's,reached%20in%20early%20November%202022.



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