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The American West is experiencing its driest period in human history, a megadrought that threatens health, agriculture and entire ways of life. DRIED UP is examining the dire effects of the drought on ...

For more than 70 years, monks not only ran the Huntsville monastery but supported themselves by farming the land and keeping ...

The Great Salt Lake appears to have started its annual winter gains early after a rainy October, but it faces an uncertain winter and a long road to recovery ahead.

When she first heard about the Great Salt Lake drying up, Eddie Memmott, 18, thought it was bad, but “didn’t care too much.” But as she told KRCL’s RadioACTive program recently, she kept learning.

One of Americas most unique ecological landmarks is disappearing. The Great Salt Lake, once the largest saline lake in the Western Hemisphere, sticks out on maps of the United States as a large spot ...

Utah's Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western hemisphere. Due to climate change, the lake's very existence—and the ecosystems that depend on it—is at risk of disappearing.

SALT LAKE CITY — It is a possibility that's easy to ignore: the Great Salt Lake could dry up. But photographer Nick Pedersen is trying to put it right in front of Utahns — on a couple of billboards.

Locomotive Springs • This summer, Weber State University researchers and a team of volunteers took on an ambitious chore — re-counting the flocks of snowy plovers nesting on the shrinking Great Salt ...