The 8,000-year history recorded in Great Salt Lake sediments

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Aug 16, 2025, 3:20 am184 ptsTrendingTop
Over the past 8,000 years, Utah's Great Salt Lake has been sensitive to changes in climate and water inflow. Now, new sediment isotope data indicate that human activity over the past 200 years has pushed the lake into a biogeochemical state not seen for at least 2,000 years.

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