Late August and September of 2021 have brought unusual amounts of rain to the University of Utah's campus. However, as of Sept. 12, 71.35%Â of Salt Lake County was in "exceptional drought" status...
By Sarah Buening, Assistant Opinion Editor
• July 30, 2021
Climate catastrophe media headlines are familiar. Whether it is an oil spill or yet another record-breaking wildfire season, watching the climate crisis unravel has become routine.
From my...
With the Great Salt Lake and surrounding areas reaching their lowest water levels ever, we must reevaluate where our limited water supply goes. The historic drought that has caused these low...
If you walked through Salt Lake City, you’d still see green lawns for every building all around despite the current drought plaguing Utah.
In the U.S., 30-60% of urban water use goes toward...
By Theadora Soter, Multimedia Managing Editor
• June 16, 2021
On June 4, Utah made national headlines after Gov. Spencer Cox declared a Weekend of Prayer, encouraging his constituents to pray for rain to alleviate the state’s current drought. Cox’s...
Utah is in a state of emergency due to another season of drought causing water restrictions and conservation campaigns across the desert state. This winter, Utah’s snowpacks were on careful...
By 1996, the Hopi people had already endured a 10-year drought, but the drought’s grasp kept tightening. Only an inch of rain had fallen since the previous August. Shungopavi, one of the three...
