Great Salt Lake dry-up causing dangerous climate ripple effect, ecologists say l ABCNL 

It was the time when the saying "Greed is Good" and "the only responsibility a company has is to its share holders." became the mantra. Also the US decoupling from gold in the mid 1970s didn't help.

"scientists" are not as brilliant or honorable as people think. Stop putting them on pedestals.

Imagine if America voted for the Nobel Peace Prize winner who warned us this would happen over a decade ago instead of war hungry Bush. One can only dream.

There was a reason that the 80's was called the "me" decade. People quit caring about their neighbors as much and just began to get absorbed into themselves. Its just gotten worse and worse over the years with the advent of more personal technology and social media platforms.

Unfortunately a lot of innocents are getting what they absolutely do not deserve.

Luckily I am a cat

Literally watch a news program of some lady angry of having to turn off her water more often used for watering her grass..

Wherever you find yourself that is where you are.

Lol it's wayyyyy too late to fix this situation. We can try reducing the water content, but the weather is the reason for this situation.

Too many people on the planet. When a species out populates its resources a massive die off will occur. That’s true of all species as populations become too big. The sad part is we have done this to the planet and other species as well. And if we can’t stop using fossil fuels we are doomed. Critical times ahead. Conserve water. No green grass lawns in deserts. Drive less. Fly less. Give up beef. Plant trees. Use drip irrigation. Famine, drought, climate migrations, and massive species loss ahead. Some predict within 100 years. Extinction of humans? Inevitable if we do not stop the climate change humans have caused.

Not exactly - We made a deliberate decision to ignore the predictions of the scientific community, and cynically gambled the health of America's future generations ... and did nothing

Lets help lets change now

Gov does nothing to make a difference. They tax us using it as an excuse but still mismanage everything. If they were concerned they would have done something a long time ago. What could they possibly do that they could have done in the past 20 years.

@@jdlawncare5582 I think pumping in ocean water or Mississippi River water to help refill The Great Salt Lake, as well as Lake Mead is a damn good idea, though costly in the extreme and will take much time to build !!

What can you do? Any suggestions?

Same reason California is also facing danger. Meanwhile Nevada has increased their population while lowering their water consumption.

Logical outcome from capitalism. It is very good in the short term and terrible on the long term. Paying for the mistakes made nearly 80 year ago.

Utah politicians don't believe in climate change.

So what. the government is all too happy to see the explosive out of control population get cleansed immensely. If over 5 billion of us die then maybe the one's left standing can fight over what is left and live to talk about it a couple more centuries until the same scenario comes to light and repeats itself. We are just a number and the rich and ruling elite have lavish underground cities to retire in while we all starve, die and get broiled alive. Only a small percentage of this planet can sustain life and as we breed like flies and consume all usable and critical resources we have no choice but to spread out and use our armies to slaughter millions in order to have a new place to call home and expand our empire.. They did it to the Indians and many ethnic tribes through out history. Now its our turn to suffer our evil, sinful, demonic ways. War, famine, drought, plagues and super storms will make our lives a living hell. So keep breeding like flies and we will see home many more homeless and starving people have to look forward to death on this hell hole. So all you fools keep staring at your phones and chasing the worthless dollar. This warmonger nation lived by the sword oh so long, soon we will die by the sword and reap what we have sewn. Welcome to this dog eat dog world where the super rich control the strong to impose their will on the dumbed down sheeple.

@@nickl5658 Chinese bot

It’s called breeding. Most poor countries breed like Rats.

Isnt that the saddest truth MavFan?? There are people who care but they are stuck with an almost unsolvable question...Do we try to fix everything we have broken or do we constantly try not to break anything anymore???

We can fix nature if we overthrow our corporate overlords and their politician running dogs.

Who is we? You mean multinational corporations blaming us? Relax.

@@felipecervantes7881 corporations wouldn't exist if people wouldn't buy their products. So yeah, ultimately WE are the culprit.

I thought I was nuts. But I feel the same. Direct sunlight feels more intense to me now than it did just 5 years ago. I'm only 28.

I’m literally screen shotting these comments to show my family, I can’t believe other people experience this as well 😳

Stop eating highly processed seed and vegetable oils

Im super sensitive to the sun also. Mormons made a lot of money off of their state and now its unlivable, but? Theyre putting a prison in on the lake bed - that is flat assed cruel and unusual punishment. You either operate off of a moral pivoting point? Or you are a monster.... I guess the SLC Mormons are monsters. As Mormons sowed? So shall the Mormons reap... It's no wonder their "promised land" vomited them all out. P..s. they're moving a massive amt of Mormons to NE Colorado.. its their divine right to take over and subjugate the non.mormons in states surrounding Colorado... :( (Translation? They're going to destroy NE Colorado same as they destroyed Utah - what a legacy to trail behind mormons) ..

I believe this can be explained by the orbit of the earth around the sun. It is not a round circle but more the shape of an egg.

Water lack thereof was the problem.Even water is toxic when it's in your lungs. Please stop throwing around "toxic" without context.

@@manihategoogle7350 The runoff from nearby agricultural fields has polluted the remaining parts of the Aral Sea with pesticides and fertilizers, which have crystallized with the salt. Inhalation of the salt can cause severe throat and lung problems. The salt also can poison farmers' produce and cause chemical damage to buildings. I don't 'throw around" terms. I take the health reports from the respective governments and the UN. Troll harder.

Can't forget dope farming way up stream too and the thousands of home grown dope farm operations. Where I used to live the town allowed for a massive dope farm to go up that pretty much dried up all of the well water in the area and was forced to shut down and move elsewhere.

@@RuleofFive it's not the salt, it's the pesticide and artificial fertilizer. Look in the mirror before calling people trolls

@@manihategoogle7350 Are you an imbecile? Who cares about the salt? I was talking about the toxic pollution at the bottom of the Aral Sea and the Salt Lake. You are a troll.

This is called human greed * The Roman's suffered from this and the Egyptians, we are not evolving and deserve what come to us.

Who cares I live in Georgia. We have plenty of ground water and we never have a water shortage.

@@kelj4517 I live in Michigan and worry for those people and about how this will eventually impact everyone. We are getting warnings from nature and we are ignoring them.

Selfishness of the mega rich global elites and just as bad the selfishness of the poor who think like global elites, their solutions like we need to keep our homes cooler in summer and warmer in winter. People are just asking for things to get worse. I’m pretty sure the globalist already taken into account it’s not going to work, can’t have people sitting at home out of the extremes paying for the things everyone considered a solution. I’m glad I never had kids. Not really my future I have to worry about.

A drought in the desert , go figure

no water. no life. no girlfriend... no money

@@jamesnguyen7069 no food . no animals . no plants .. no people . no planet .

@@jamesnguyen7069 jee no money does sounds bad for the stock market

It's not that bad. Think of all the real estate coming out of the dried lake bed. They could build houses there for the homeless.

Welcome to your future

This is the cycle of the earth. Climate change is nothing new. Sure we may have sped it up this time but it was going to happen regardless of human intervention and will happen time and time again as it has before.

we are the last generation.. read the bible… one generation after Israel getting their land back.. One generation in bible is 70 to 80 yrs…..

there will be no future generations.....we will see the end.....maybe 10 or 20 yrs....its over

And future generations will still be making those same mistakes

Stop driving!

The solution for all this was already engineered at great cost and was pushed hard by Utah Senator Ted Moss back in the 1960's, it's called NAWAPA and it would have turned the great basin into usable farmland and the southwest US into an oasis, too bad it wasn't built, there are documentaries here on RU-vid about it.

@@justsomecarguy Solving one ecological disaster by creating another

@@oHaiKuu great salt lake is salt water farm animals ain’t gonna drink that

Sadly most people can't be bothered. Once we all see that, then we can make real changes that will have to come in the form of laws.

It's as if the entire American West made it illegal to live a low-impact lifestyle. From having to drive everywhere, to mandatory lawn regulations, to farming laws; all of it.

Wow that's crazy.

it's called nature's cycles.

They messed up when they decided to pump the lake instead of moving I-80

The Olympics was our downfall. Million dollar mansions litter the mountains that used to be cover with trees shrubs and winter range for deer and elk that slowly released water down to the valley floor. The population of the state has increased by 1.5 million since 2000. Much of the water is used before ever hitting the Great Salt Lake. The temps are the same as they where 20 years ago.

The desert isn't for living and growing. Every other population on earth understands that but Westerners. This is from 200 years of wealthy people diverting natural resources for their pools and lawns and commercial endeavors. Arizona is feeling it, too.

Worse yet, that it's good. MTG

Gods judgement dude. The Bible says everything that’s coming next and it’s happening.

@@irgelreal Pffft!!!

@@lockelamora0717 "It's an egghead government plot! They're tryin' to control global warming, get it? GLOBAL. That's code for UN commissars telling Americans how hot it's gonna be in OUR outdoors. I say LET the world warm up, see what Boutros Boutros-Ghali Ghali thinks about that... We'll grow oranges in Alaska."

@@irgelreal The Bible says alot of things and ppl always use it as reason not to change. God (Mother Nature) gave us free will though & we have the ability to prevent Climate Change. We just need better leaders who actually take it seriously.

Yep. Real change has to come from the top and we can’t afford to keep electing in Neanderthals who don’t believe in Science.

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@Littlechowmow Mowmow you can't even spell

Yeah, vote Republican some more I am sure they care about you, let's see have you ever tried the other party

@@thomshin2460 Have you?

"I drove by one part of a 75×35 mile lake and didn't see any problems. I was at ground level so got a real good view of everything. Now I'm going to make a generalization without very little understanding of how things work."

Because of the season, there is water flowing but not nearly enogh to fill it to past levels and the next dry season would take more of the lake ntil eventually it dries completely in the dry season and you only get to see a puddle in the rain season.

It worked about as well as the "thoughts and prayers " work with gun violence.

lol i forgot about that thanks for reminding

you retain useless facts often?

Maybe it takes human sacrificing. Maybe they didn't pray enough.

Just cause you pray for something doesn’t mean it’ll always come true. Things happen.

But Dustin that won't work either. Let me ask you a question. What do they do with the run off from the desalination plants? Let me tell you millions apon millions of gallons of hypertonic waste is just dumped back into the ocean raising the salt levels which slowly destroys the coral reefs, fish larve the ocean changing the P H level.

What I find most frustrating regarding the Colorado River watershed is that they have had 30+ years to be working out a emergency backup plan and yet it seems NOTHING was ever accomplished In addition to that, short term management has been abysmal. Smh...considering the point we are at now I have very little faith anyone is taking this anywhere near as seriously as they should.

Well as you astutely pointed out, so many people have moved to the southwest...a harsh desert region that was never suited to sustainably support such a population boom. Looking at Census data over the last 40 years it's staggering to see the out of control unsustainable growth in cities like Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, Salt Lake City... As far as I'm concerned, local and state political and business leaders made their bed, now they must lay in it. To suggest siphoning water from other parts of the country will only make the situation even more dire effecting a greater number of people.

@@RuggedRunnerOverland You're correct. Taking it from the Mississippi is ludicrous. The Mississippi is having it's own issues. My neighbor is a tug boat captain. A few years ago, the Mississippi had receded to where they were having to navigate around emerging sandbars. They also mentioned the Red River, I guess traveling between Arkansas and Texas. That water is nothing but silt and clay. They'd be cleaning those lines constantly

@@lewisjulian0830 The main problem with desalination is that it can't make up the shortfall. We are not supposed to live in deserts with the kinds of numbers we're aiming for. Used to be that overloading the desert ended up capping the population through death by thirst. People way back then had the sense to live where the water was. If the water cycle can't keep the place hydrated, with 12,900 cubic *kilometers* of water available at any given time, we have no hope of doing that.

Jeff is there an article or something to back up what u have said i would like to show people i know that think the great salt lake is a waste and should dry up

@@dekubravo1128 yep! There should be plenty, but here is a Wikipedia source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Salt_Lake_effect#:~:text=The%20Great%20Salt%20Lake%20effect,to%20their%20significant%20precipitation%20amounts.

Getting the lake filled back up is one thing, but keeping it filled is another. Can't stop climate change so it'll keep evaporating. Everything is connected and we are all f*cked ✌🏼

@@dekubravo1128 every single massive body of water that's dried up all over the planet has caused massive dust storms...

@@ILoveBluePeople The mountains are famous for their fluffy snow, which the Great Lake contributes to. The ski industry would be hammered if that got affected in a negative way.

Same😔

@@Latabrine they should pump water into the lake from a river. Simple as that!

@@Angry.General1461 Yeah, that would be simply brilliant!

@@Angry.General1461 Are you REALLY this pathetically ignorant??? What river are you going to pump from bugwit? Jeez.

@@Angry.General1461 all the rivers in Northern Utah already empty in the Great Salt Lake- Bear, Weber, and Ogden. Provo River flows to Utah Lake which empties via Jordan River to the Great Salt Lake. The next closest river-Green River-joins the Colorado which is low.

in the 1930ties the midwest was in a massive drought for 10 years--40 millions acres of farmland was lost--the dustbowl--our farm in Mn was covered in sand,dust--shett happens--read about it--cheers for all you drama kings,queens--i was one of the few to ever water ski the great salt lake!! in the 80ties when full--big ass spiders,shett load of flys,massive stink at the marinas,hell on earth!!!!

Ignore the spammers 🥱

@@dethray1000 most of that was caused by poor farming techniques you idiot

So true! Especially on vehicles.

How do we prevent a 20 year drought?

People were making too much money developing the west so they didn’t want that information getting out.

Huh? The media has been blaring about this for decades. An inconvenient truth came out 15 years ago

You are blaming the media? Not Republicans and billionaires? Really. It is the mainstream media that has been warning us for the last 60 years about climate change and the dangers of pollution. In blue states those warnings were heeded and measures taken to slow or end pollution and conserve water. In red states the leaders refused to stop industrial pollution because of costs and even to deny that climate change was even real. Because of their inaction and your continued support, you are now reaping the disasters that past greed and climate change denial and inaction have sown. And it's too late to do anything to slow it down. So go hug your guns and your camo and get ready to play the survival game that you have been hoping and prepping for.

Exactly !!! I am 70 and have been involved in advocating for change in management policies and investment for adaptation since the 1970s. A little puke making having to listen to all the woe is me crap doing the rounds now. Along with everything else, we're screwed ! Hey ! Maybe we should have another war. We have trillions set aside for that !

I think they are just telling people the truth about this 30 foot lake drying up if people keep using the amount of water they are using. It's a shallow lake and won't be around long unless people dramaticly change water usage. That's all

The toxic dust is because of Soviet bio weapon labs on islands in the sea. We didn't have that.

@@DRKrust492 there is also arsenic, which we do have and for much the same reason

Wow..

Terminal lakes always go dry. Sediments make them shallower and their shallowness accelerates evaporation. It is the way of the planet. Dead Sea. Lake Disappointment. Others too numerous to name. Does nobody in the climate industry study the history of the planet? Or is there not enough money in that?

This area has been poisoned for decades they had to open a cancer Children’s hospice because the rate are so high in the state and SLC

Get a pool… put some salt in it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@jadams1722 problem solved

@@jadams1722 I tried that once 2000 gallons of salt and highly expensive

There wasn't.

How could the people of SLC have avoided this?

haha wtf are u toking, global warming lmao

@@james_giant_peach They could have voted with the science instead of the GOP Nitwits who were against any climate action and infrastructure upgrades (BuT SoCiAlIZM is bad 'kay). It's typical conservative behavior that, only when it's too late and it's impacting them, that they suddenly get the gospel.

@@krait9964 okay, I was just wondering but you're right that probably would have helped.

John Wesley Powell warned about this 100 years before Sagan.....not to diminish Sagan in any way.

It doesn't fit the profit plan. We have a government beholding to corporate overlords bent on profit at any cost. Eisenhower warned us on his way out and here we are... ✌️

Yep

in the 1930ties the midwest was in a massive drought for 10 years--40 millions acres of farmland was lost--the dustbowl--our farm in Mn was covered in sand,dust--shett happens--read about it--cheers for all you drama kings,queens--i was one of the few to ever water ski the great salt lake!! in the 80ties when full--big ass spiders,shett load of flys,massive stink at the marinas,hell on earth!!!!

@@dethray1000 you are quite the loser- bigly

It's pretty funny that all of these national news outlets are talking about this all the sudden. This has been an issue for decades. You're right. It's waaay too late.

@@dethray1000 you 100% are what’s wrong with society 😂 you’re literally calling those showing you the cruel facts behind climate change “drama queens” 😂

All the water on earth will always be on earth durrrr. It just moves. You understand your drinking water could be from Jesus’s pee himself.

How about dumbasses stop complaining about water when living in a desert? This would be like me living on top of a mountain and complaining about thin air and snow.

You can't stop water shed off the Wasatch front though. Ironically Mormon stoled Native lands and moved the Natives into the desert with no water. Go figure.

I see those automatic sprinklers running when it's RAINING !!! How wasteful ... and ridiculous !!

There is not enough education courses to teach the kids from a young age to respect the forest. Everyone should really understand that this is a source of life. Protecting the wild life and the forest is truly protecting life. We move into forest cut down lots of trees chase out all the animals and then for the most part let the forest die. Not enough animal activity, so all the berries die on the ground and the leave fall on the ground which causes to much ground cover. So the solution to it is maybe add more animals to the mix or pay companies to assist the process of collecting manure and spreading it to make the land more fertile. They did everything but put the animals back because the highways have priority.

Keep moving out to the West. Of course the Democrats in California only worry about themselves.

In 1983 we had record level flooding. We were literally pumping water out of the lake into the west dessert.

30 years ago wasn't too big, that's when I moved to SLC, drove by hundreds of times since I had business in Toole. Stinky, though.

@@raymondwest1973 I remember that. They had T-shirts made with the logo "I surfed Main Street".

I remember that Utah built massive pumps to remove water from the lake during the high-stand of 1984. Too many humans.

The GOP made up conspiracy theories about scientists and Utah voters went along with it. I feel bad for the birds, at least.

Leave the problem to future Americans. 2 years later, future Americans are now present Americans. So solve the problem. Don't have 2 years anymore.

Quit voting Republicans, God people wake the hell up, it is not the party it once was its all about the CEO's and trump GOD

He's a corrupt seditionist who's only holding that position for power. Utahns both democrat and moderate conservative came together recently to try to primary the rat out, but sadly he's still got a bigger base of people who love the evil he delivers.

The cracked lake is a physical manifestation of the hate that freakish religion has against any diverse group. This is perfect the way they will now breathe arsenic like the poison of hate they've spit on everyone but their own.

LOL, Mike Lee is a useless POS that doesn't care. He's too busy building a railroad thru national forests to pump more oil into SLC.

Lies! There’s no water in Oregon! And live sucks here. Don’t move here. It’s not good. Lol

@@macmoll wtf u talking about lmao. Only east Oregon is kinda dry. West Near Portland is the one of the wettest places in us

@@John-fg1xg Shhhhh... As an Oregonian, Oregon is awful and people should definitely stop moving here!

No everyone plz move 2 city Oregon there's plenty of water there this idiots are just lying and bullshiting

Rolls eyes

It's not JUST over population. But that is also the next chip to fall.

Many states are making abortions illegal. Imagine reaching a limited resources crisis 50 years from now where society makes it illegal to have babies.

@@fredricksmith-something.2125 Human overpopulation is a myth lol Every first world country has a declining birthrate Japan may not exist in a few decades Russia soon to follow shortly after During and after industrialization, nations birth rates start to flat line and then go into decline This pattern has proven true across the globe The good earth is vast and rich, with near unlimited resources in space around us This doom and gloom crap is worse than the Overpopulation you think is a problem which actually isnt

don't tell that to the pro-life peoples, they might shoot you for stating the obvious.

its not overpopulation its inefficient use og resources

Long as the same politicians keep getting elected and people thinking this is all according to "scripture" nothing is ever going to change. Like they are just willingly driving off the cliff.

Typical humans. Wait for the sky to fall then try to do something about it. We are all mental midgets.

in the 1930ties the midwest was in a massive drought for 10 years--40 millions acres of farmland was lost--the dustbowl--our farm in Mn was covered in sand,dust--shett happens--read about it--cheers for all you drama kings,queens--i was one of the few to ever water ski the great salt lake!! in the 80ties when full--big ass spiders,shett load of flys,massive stink at the marinas,hell on earth!!!!

@@dethray1000 ok, I guess everything will be fine, then. Guess we dodged a bullet, thanks for the clarification

windowzombie Too little too late.

And more thoughts and prayers.

and the CA dems are doing a bang up job here! Think about that when you pay even more for fruits and vegetables.

@@rsenior7140 paying more for vegetables or dying of thirst. Hmmm... 🤔

That always works, remedies everything

@@rsenior7140 You really need to try and keep up…The dems are doing what they need to do in order to curb climate change. And the high price of fruits and vegetables leads us to the next issue we need to tackle in this country… Slavery-Era Manicured Lawns. Wastes a TON of water & the grass needs to be cut, which contributes further to greenhouse gas emissions. Once we all start utilizing our own land for growing food again, we won’t have to worry so much about the price of fruits & vegetables, water scarcity, & greenhouse gas emissions. It all goes hand-in-hand.

your wrong nit wit--the city of LA drained it,sent the water to LA and still do--they own the damn valley,owens lake,its theirs--they have spent 400 million on dust migitation ,put a clay cap on most of the dry lake--no farm equipment-my family owns two ranches in owens valley--my father in law was county adminstrator for 33 years,fought the city of LA in court for ever--many books written on the water wars of owens valley--read one

Why is the dust toxic?

And then they tell us we need to save water but they use it just for profit

@@user-NofaceNocase So we need to change how much and what we consume.

It doesn't require imagination it's already happening? Do you want to see the world's largest ghost town? Just wait in Salt Lake City.

"Salt Lake, along with many other American cities, are growing and using a lot resources and water." Is Salt Lake a drinking water source, though?

@YJT I hate showers and washing my hands.havent done either in a year and I do stink like pee and pooh.i just don't care if I offend others

It’s pretty crazy show manny people depend on the Colorado river, which read isn’t very big in the best of times and these are not the best times for water in the western US.

Grew up in Western Colorado. It's shocking visiting how much it's all drying up and burning down.

@@junglelane fucking texans

I guess you didnt listen. Theres no where for the animals to migrate to. This is halfway between north and south migration destinations. Without it species will go 90% extinct if not go altogether

@@bohdanharasymiw4441 Birds*

Except it's extremely salty. The lake water can't be used for most things it would be if it were not so saline. In other words, this isn't a source for drinking, lawns, etc. Vegas, yeah I'm with you. SLC, not so much. This is definitely a climate issue.

Yeah the like indirectly provides water through lake effect storms, packing snow into the mountains creating runoff.

Oh I didnt know this was in a desert. Desert cities are such a stupid fucking concept. This is still a bad thing though and if this other dude is correct then this was climate not humans fault (well except climatr change is humans fault)

@@Gandhi_Physique not humans fault? So is putting chemical in the ground and getting rid of climate protections and climate control rules(thanks trump&other dumb world leaders) and the sheer amount of trash in our oceans too. We fucked up the climate. Out emissions are destroying the layers that protect us from the sun's radiations. We are essentially drinking the earth dry and soon it'll be a husk and the human race will either go extinct. Or magically we find somewhere and have the tech to go to another planet that can sustain us until we destroy that too.

Utah is only 33% desert (by definition)

Eating less meat too

Rico's Roughnecks!!!

@@Jordannelson23 service guarantees citizenship!

They say 2 new suns and it's Planetary system is entering ours and it's coming from Antarctica. Thus the reason it's off limits to everyone. Thus the reason the Pope and Russian Patriarch, first time in history, met there, saw it, and blessed the land or whatever... Thus all your tax dollars being sent to Ukraine and COVID but that's not the truth, they are building underground tunnels, bases and cities and only a select few thousands will chosen for survival and global reset. Everything is Allegedly though, until I see it with my own eyes. But that's the rumor going around if you got access to the Intel or whistleblowers... God speed! Now you know but most likely won't believe it, like most of the population. Knowledge is power and your circle of influence is as important as survival.

@@ToothlesstheNightFury510 no

All the pollution is damaging the outer layer of the atmosphere that was protecting us from the sun’s radiation.

Look up the video (the dimming by Dane Wigington) you will get your answer

It's because polorshift liberal fools

I have Been feeling the same .. the sun is Scotching even at temps in the 80’s

That's normal as we age.

I wonder if the new climate will be more hospitable for aliens that are going to take over after we die off

@@eckankar7756 Maybe we are the "aliens" that took over 100,000 years ago.

@@philmabarak5421 After so long we became the locals.

Im beginning to think the judgement day is real

@@eckankar7756 if we die off another animal will evolve and adapt just like it used to when the dinosaurs roam

It’s unfortunate no one warned us…

@@benefactionhindrance well to be fair, people have been telling us to change our ways or stuff like this would happen since I was a child. I'm 34 now. Too little too late.

@@adamFIVE88 I think he was being sarcastic

@@el34glo59 oh gotchya hahah I'm running on 6 hrs sleep in 2 days. It flew right over my head.

It's my understanding that filling the lake back up would actually help by creating more rain and snowpack, that would in be extremely beneficial to everyone, especially in the future.

If you look at all the massive water diversion infrastructure in California to water the central valley, piping ocean water to the Great Salt Lake isn't all that far fetched, tbh.

It’s amazing how we can have a big pipe for oil to go across the continent of the United States but with water “well we don’t know” 🤷‍♂️

There is no such thing as climate change.

@@Anomize23 How do you propose to lift vast quantities of water to an elevation of 4200 feet ?

Do humans drink salt water?

Absolutely true

They just keep building apartments like crazy.

@@bubbasizemore4556 Apartments don't have large yards that need to be watered.

@@bubbasizemore4556 Better to build up than to have the "American" suburbs.

Definitely not a mystery. It is called climate change and republikkklans are just helping make it worse. Thankful it is mostly republikkklan states that are suffering now but they will flee to blue states and spread their idiocy here soon enough.

Also, no rain or snowpack due to climate change. How’s the weather where you live?

and it was you, after 3 days of covid lockdown, crying about how you were going to shoot yourself from the mental effects of solitude...after only 3 days. real shame you didn't.

They don't have to outlive the apocalypse. They only have to outlive enough people to have depopulation bring everything back into balance. Six months is probably sufficient.

It’s really not but ok. Utah is wasteful with conservation of water. The temps haven’t been much different if liked at the long term it’s not bad or different

I didn't really study science,but everything you said,I've always said

It's because of a polor shift liberal brainless idiots

@@eddiet2602 it's because of polor shift. But liberal media keeps this quiet

It's low because more water is being deverted before it gets to the lake.

Nope, God is in control. Be prepared

I was there few years ago for couple months during summer I'm from California but went up there fell in love with Utah truly a beautiful place. The salt lake was at low levels then looks a lot worse even since I left . Too bad that's happening its the center piece to it's beauty.

maybe you could rename it the Great Arsenic Basin?

There’s not going to be future generations sadly, Jesus will come soon before and take his people please spread the word and repent

@@AlexKatrina21 people have been claiming that since the day christianity was founded. Like literally in the bible jesus claims the end times would come within a single generation

@@user-md3wm7vu1f please I beg of you please don’t be like that and just listen to me I get where you are coming from but just repent please

But there was no great lakes during the time of Pangaea and it was way hotter. Lol That would be the next argument if science deniers didn’t believe the earth is only 6000 years old .

it's not global climate change its regional climate change welcome to the shift of the precession

@@TeamAurorapk regional climate around the world are changing in response to the global warming caused climate change driven by industrial human civilization.

@Daniel Hollingsworth, no one is arguing we dictate the weather. Humans have industrialized for the first time starting in 1750. Burning coal, oil, and gas changes (not dictates) the chemical composition of the Earth’s atmosphere. And we have been doing this at an increasing rate every generation since the industrial revolution. Or do you not believe in industrialization????

@@antonioreid534 it's the usual change in precession if you look back this has happened before it happens all the time humans don't effect this. it's just the sky clock. changing of the times is all. it's nothing to fear

😢😢 omg a nightmare for those with allergies.

It would be real easy to build a pipeline from the Gulf of California to the Salton sea and stabilize the water level. Its only 117 miles and most of that could be an open trench. If you dug a trench from the Gulf to the Laguna Salada you could flood it with sea water and turn it into prime beach front property. Then you would only need a pipeline for a few miles to go under the US border. Once the Salton Sea is stabilized people will come back. Of course the salt level will keep rising but so what. It will become like the great salt lake. Once all the fresh water fish die off then the stench will go away.

It needs to dry up, and be cleaned up. It never had water to begin with.

@@Shazzy1228 OMG a nightmare for those with life. ☠️

I'm a California native and only just heard of the Salton Sea a few years ago. It's story is incredible and wild that it took living to my 30's to even realize its existence and the importance of what bringing it back could do for local ecosystems and economies.

I see nothing wrong

It's artificial. Not even a hundred years old. Get over it.

@@biggtrux - that is completely not correct

@@biggtrux Even a basic internet search says you're wrong within seconds.

LOL LOL, imagine being butthurt over water not being somewhere. God, you're simple.