Bayan
01-16-2023, 12:33 AM
The Great Salt Lake is drying up.
Soaring demand for water, exacerbated by drought and higher temperatures in the region, are shrinking the waters, which play such a crucial role in the landscape, ecology and weather of Salt Lake City and Utah.
Can the lake be saved?
Guest: Christopher Flavelle (https://www.nytimes.com/by/christopher-flavelle?smid=pc-thedaily), a climate reporter for The New York Times.
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Background reading:
Utah’s dilemma raises a core question as the United States heats up: How quickly are Americans willing to adapt to the effects of climate change, even as those effects become urgent, obvious, and potentially catastrophic? (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/climate/salt-lake-city-climate-disaster.html)
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
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Soaring demand for water, exacerbated by drought and higher temperatures in the region, are shrinking the waters, which play such a crucial role in the landscape, ecology and weather of Salt Lake City and Utah.
Can the lake be saved?
Guest: Christopher Flavelle (https://www.nytimes.com/by/christopher-flavelle?smid=pc-thedaily), a climate reporter for The New York Times.
Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter (https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline).
Background reading:
Utah’s dilemma raises a core question as the United States heats up: How quickly are Americans willing to adapt to the effects of climate change, even as those effects become urgent, obvious, and potentially catastrophic? (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/climate/salt-lake-city-climate-disaster.html)
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
ÃßËÑ... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)