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"The Great Salt Lake in Utah is facing “unprecedented danger,” experts say, as
it has fallen to an alarmingly low level amid a climate change-fueled
megadrought that’s tightening its grip in the West.
Less than two weeks away from Utah’s 2023 legislative session, nearly three
dozen scientists and conservationists released a dire report that calls on the
state’s lawmakers to take “emergency measures” to save the Great Salt Lake
before drains to nil.
Without a “dramatic increase” in inflow by 2024, experts warn the lake is set
to disappear in the next five years.
“Its disappearance could cause immense damage to Utah’s public health,
environment, and economy,” the authors wrote in the report. “The choices we
make over the next few months will affect our state and ecosystems throughout
the West for decades to come.”
The Great Salt Lake, plagued by excessive water use and a worsening climate
crisis, has dropped to record-low levels two years in a row. The lake is now 19
feet below its natural average level and has entered “uncharted territory”
after losing 73% of its water and exposing 60% of its lakebed, the report
notes."
Via Doug Senko.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
