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bahboo

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18. sounds like a Salton Sea kind of situation developing...

Reply to Brenda (Original post)

Mon Jun 13, 2022, 03:27 PM

Jun 2022

and that is bad news indeed...

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Fast shrinking Great Salt Lake on verge of disaster [View all] Brenda Jun 2022 OP

Kicking this. It's getting serious, folks. calimary Jun 2022 #1

Thanks, calimary Brenda Jun 2022 #4

And Welcome to DU, Brenda! calimary Jun 2022 #10

Thanks! Brenda Jun 2022 #11

yes, that's him. nt Ilsa Jun 2022 #13

Thanks nt Brenda Jun 2022 #15

Yep. He's the one. calimary Jun 2022 #26

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2022 #2

This is not good........ ugh secondwind Jun 2022 #3

8 BILLION IS TOO MANY. roamer65 Jun 2022 #5

Guess what? the Wasatch basin isn't about to put water back into the GSL maxsolomon Jun 2022 #6

"This is the right place." - Brigham Young, July 1847 dalton99a Jun 2022 #7

It will be gone in 50 years. SoonerPride Jun 2022 #8

K & R...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #9

Welcome! Magoo48 Jun 2022 #12

Well said Brenda Jun 2022 #14

In the meantime, we should be striving to help our children, grandchildren and others to adapt Kaleva Jun 2022 #17

Yup, adapt is gonna be the name of the game. I can't imagine. Magoo48 Jun 2022 #21

And when their children are dying because of Climate Change edhopper Jun 2022 #16

Sigh. Yeah, probably. Brenda Jun 2022 #19

One should just read edhopper Jun 2022 #28

sounds like a Salton Sea kind of situation developing... bahboo Jun 2022 #18

Have you ever read "The Tamarisk Hunter" or "The Water Knife"? NickB79 Jun 2022 #20

Nope, but Brenda Jun 2022 #24

Per the posted snippet, the area of the lake has already dropped at 70% gristy Jun 2022 #22

Agent Smith says::: keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #23

Religion is the oldest virus. Spreading, Assimilating, mutating to fit the local culture. TeamProg Jun 2022 #32

we're so beyond saving at this point... FirstLight Jun 2022 #25

And it's Europe that has to call us out on how we don't treat our environment properly. iluvtennis Jun 2022 #27

Just change the name to SALT LICK CITY. TeamProg Jun 2022 #29

Farmers growing water-intensive crops and home owners with lawns aren't helping. Crowman2009 Jun 2022 #30

And golf courses. SergeStorms Jun 2022 #35

Yep Brenda Jun 2022 #36

You can watch it disappear using Google Timelapse from 1984 to 2020 OnlinePoker Jun 2022 #31

image - 1984 vs 2020 oioioi Jun 2022 #38

I have had dreams . . . Richard D Jun 2022 #33

Temperatures Rising Marcuse Jun 2022 #34

K & R Duppers Jun 2022 #37

youtube about it. Demovictory9 Jun 2022 #39