More than 10,000 years of rock weathering and a century of ... Up until September 2024, the Great Salt Lake only had four dust (PM10) monitors — and none were within 10 miles of the lake.

Dust plumes from the exposed bed of the Great Salt Lake can have an effect many miles away. “It is highly concerning,” Luft added. “You’re seeing that the dust comes straight off the Great ...

Dust blows off the dry lakebed of the Great Salt Lake as seen from Farmington Bay on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News ...