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The Great Salt Lake is drying up. Can it be saved?Utah’s Great Salt Lake is the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere. Since the 1980s, the lake has shrunk by two-thirds, and is projected to disappear entirely in the...Resume47:25Jan 23, 2024
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