The source of salinity depends on where you are in the Colorado River Basin and when you’re looking. Up-basin in Colorado River tributaries in Eagle County — where naturally occurring salinity ...

Utah land managers say they've recently raised a berm underneath the railroad causeway in an effort to thwart rising salinity levels that threaten the health of the lake.

Its salinity levels also dropped back to healthy levels as this happened. It fell from that peak of 185 grams per liter to as low as 124 in 2023, per U.S. Geological Survey data.

We’ve known about dryland salinity for a century. But while we’ve made progress, the problem hasn’t yet been solved. Even far from the ocean, Australia’s drylands are riddled with salty ...

The source of salinity depends on where you are in the Colorado River Basin and when you’re looking. Up-basin in Colorado River tributaries in Eagle County — where naturally occurring salinity is very ...