Great Salt Lake playa (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Great Salt Lake playa

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The exposed bed of Great Salt Lake, which has shrunk to about half its historic size over the past two decades, has become a source of dust pollution impacting Utah's population centers.

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Michael Werner, University of Utah

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