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Metal Mayhem: New Research Finds Toxic Metals Absorbed by Great Salt Lake Plants and Insects
Plants in Great Salt Lake wetland ecosystems pull hazardous metal pollution from the lake and sometimes pass it up…
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Another One Bites the Dust: Measuring Dust Pollution From the Shrinking Great Salt Lake
A team of USU researchers have a mission to measure airborne dust kicked up from newly exposed lakebed, monitoring…
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Vanishing Act: Desiccated Lake in Chile Has Parallels to Struggling Great Salt Lake
Lake Aculeo is gone. USU Ph.D. student Will Munger is part of an effort researching Aculeo in hopes of protecting…
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A Lake in Peril: Researchers Participate in First Summit on Threats to the Great Salt Lake
The iconic Great Salt Lake is in serious trouble, and lawmakers are noticing. USU researchers and nationwide experts…
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New USU Institute Releases Inaugural Report on Natural Resources in Utah
Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air Created with $7 Million Endowment
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Utah Climate Center Winter Outlook Says More Precipitation in the North but Deepening Drought Likely
Expect more precipitation than last winter in northern Utah with continuing drought in southern Utah, but the state…
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United States and Iranian Researchers Collaborate on Lake Urmia Restoration
In a rare exchange, scientists and water resources engineers from Iran and Utah are collaborating on a bold…
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The Colorado River's Water Supply is Predictable Owing to Long-Term Ocean Memory
A team of scientists at Utah State University has developed a new tool to forecast drought and water flow in the…
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Filling the Gap: Study Finds Carbon Emissions Globally Underestimated
Back in 2013 Matthias Koschorreck, a biologist in the Department of Lake Research at the Helmholtz Centre for…
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New Model Improves Management of Wetland, Floodplain and River Habitats
Wetlands, floodplains and aquatic habitats are some of Utah's most important ecosystems.
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USU Professor Discusses Threats to the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is facing multiple threats that put ecosystems, economies and species at risk, said Wayne…
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USU Chemist Receives Grant to Study Contaminants in Wasatch Snowpack
Presidential Doctoral Research Fellow Jeffrey Perala-Dewey honored by American Alpine Club