The Great Salt Lake’s desiccation is having bigger impacts than scientists initially thought.
Mallia was able to determine where the dust Skiles observed was coming from by running storm and weather models. About half, or 45%, came from the desert west of the Great Salt Lake. Another 17% came from the Sevier and Tule dry lakes hundreds of miles away in southern Utah.
But the desiccation of the Great Salt Lake, which is almost entirely human-caused, has created a new, significant source of dust pollution. “It kind of caught us off guard,” Skiles said. “... Just visually, it was as dusty, if not dustier, than last year.”
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