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- Loving the Brine Shrimp: Hydrosexuals, Queer Theory, and the Posthumanities’ Descent into Madness Sat, 30 Nov 24, 1:00amReading this treatise on the intersection of brine shrimp, queer theory, and "hydrosexuality" is like stepping into a postmodern fever dream—a world where actual problems like water scarcity play second fiddle to debating...
- Scientists puzzle over mysterious disappearance of mercury from Utah's Great Salt Lake Tue, 2 May 17, 1:34amIt's a mystery that has some of the planet's best minds stumped: Just where has the methylmercury in Utah's Great Salt Lake disappeared to? After all, it was only seven years ago that levels in surrounding waterfowl were...
- PHOTOS: The Great Salt Lake is drying up and it could have a global impact Thu, 30 Jun 16, 5:12amRecently, a report from Utah State University revealed how dire the situation has become at the Great Salt Lake. According to the report, over 50% of the lake bed has been exposed, nearly half of the water has dried up and...
- The Great Salt Lake is turning to dust – and it could vanish entirely Tue, 8 Mar 16, 10:00pmUtah’s Great Salt Lake is shrinking. A group of local professors and scientists from the Utah Division of Water Resources and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources warned in a paper that the lake has been steadily declining...
- The Great Salt Lake is turning to dust Tue, 8 Mar 16, 10:00pmUtah’s Great Salt Lake is shrinking. A group of local professors and scientists from the Utah Division of Water Resources and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources warned in a paper that the lake has been steadily declining...
- Perplexing “Yucca Crater” Will Be a Deep Desert Pool Using Repurposed Materials Sat, 27 Aug 11, 3:56amRead the rest of Perplexing “Yucca Crater” Will Be a Deep Desert Pool Using Repurposed Materials Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Alberta, Ball-Nogues, desert, eco design, Edmonton, great...
- Enzyme Discovered in the Great Salt Lake Could Unlock Non-Food Derived Biofuels Tue, 12 Jul 11, 2:23amResearchers working with the US Department of Energy recently isolated a salt-tolerant enzyme from the Great Salt Lake that they say is the missing piece in the biofuel refining process...