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New web-based tool models Great Salt Lake dust exposure

Modeling Tool of The Great Salt Lake
Derek Mallia
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The Wiles Center For Climate Science & Policy
Modeling Tool of The Great Salt Lake

Most people can imagine why a shrinking Great Salt Lake would mean unhealthy dust storms for the Wasatch Front, or why refilling the lake through water conservation could reduce dust exposure. Now, there’s a data-based modeling tool to visualize it.

University of Utah atmospheric scientist, Derek Mallia, who gathered and produced the data used in the web-based tool walks us through how it's used and all the educational information it contains.

Claire is the producer and co-host of This Green Earth and host of The Local View.