The Great Salt Lake’s ecological collapse has begun

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“We don’t have clouds of flies around our ankles anymore. The flies don’t look right. They’re small. They’re behaving funny,” notes a biology professor.

That’s ultimately a drop in the bucket — the Great Salt Lake needs around 2 million acre-feet to reach a sustainable level.

Brine Shrimp collected in a cup are suspended over the top of participants in the Great Salt Lake walking tour as they wade in the shallow waters of the lake examining the shrimp in 2012. and siphon away more water from the lake, even as it appears to be hemorrhaging. And if Utah’s policymakers and water users manage to find a way to make the lake rise again, it faces major consequences now, including endangered species listings and toxic dust storms.

 

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The Great Salt Lake will be the next Aral Sea. And GovCox and MittRomney do not give a flying crap. They'd rather watch it evaporate into oblivion

I’ve noticed all spring & summer how small the flies are this year. CRAZY🧐

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