The Great Salt Lake has long been a symbol of scarcity, a shrinking inland sea ringed by dust and brine. Now scientists say that beneath its receding shoreline lies a vast, ancient body of fresh water ...

In late September, Governor Spencer Cox of Utah stood on the shores of the drying Great Salt Lake, flanked by top legislative ...

Utah resource managers have found themselves in hot water over who they allowed to drill new wells near the shores of the ...

Utah's Great Salt Lake has always been a barometer of environmental change. But new research reveals that over the past 200 years, human activity has pushed this iconic body of water into a state ...

Note to readers •This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Despite the Great Salt Lake’s dire straits, ...

“The Lake” premiered on opening day at Sundance Film Festival in Park City.

Great Salt Lake ended 2025 at its third-lowest recorded level, raising alarms that exposed lakebed dust could threaten air quality along the Wasatch Front. State leaders say restoring the lake ...

Most people can imagine why a shrinking Great Salt Lake would mean unhealthy dust storms for the Wasatch Front, or why refilling the lake through water conservation could reduce dust exposure. Now, ...