I don't understand why Utah isn't way more focused on climate change given the devastation they're gonna face when the salt lake dries up. Heavy metals poisoning is no joke and that lake bed is full of arsenic.
@Expecting_Words This is a stunning -- stunningly beautiful AND frightening -- article. Free from me to all...
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/climate/salt-lake-city-climate-disaster.html
@InUnfunky yeah this is exactly what I was talking about!
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@Expecting_Words Krugman linked to this Slate article in his newsletter -- http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/05/02/the_shrinking_of_the_aral_sea_has_resulted_in_a_toxic_disaster_area.html