Wilkes Center unveils map tool to model Great Salt Lake dust exposure

Interactive webtool visualizes why healthy lake levels could keep some of the dust down.

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Dust in the Wind: How cities alter natural airborne particles

Salt Lake’s locally sourced dust pollution carries far more hazardous elements than natural dust blown in from Great Basin.

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How features in Utah and Arizona advanced geoscience

U geoscientists nominated the Henry Mountains, Coyote Buttes and Great Salt Lake to the list of world’s top geoheritage sites.

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Indigenous land-use reduced catastrophic wildfires on the Fish Lake Plateau

U researchers found that 1,000 years ago, the Fremont used cultural burning to reduce the risk for large-scale wildfire activity in mountain environments.

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