Anthropogenic climate change is decreasing seasonal snowpacks globally, with potentially
catastrophic consequences on water resources, given the long-held reliance on snowpack …

Increasing salt production and use is shifting the natural balances of salt ions across Earth
systems, causing interrelated effects across biophysical systems collectively known as …

Hydroclimatic changes associated with global warming over the past 50 years have been
documented widely, but physical landscape responses are poorly understood thus far …

Many saline lakes throughout the world are shrinking due to overexploitation of water in their
drainage basins. Among them are two of the world's largest saline lakes, the USA's Great …

Mapping the mass concentration of near-surface atmospheric particulate matter (PM) using
satellite observations has become a popular research niche, leading to the development of …

Great Salt Lake is a keystone ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere. The lake and its
wetlands provide minerals for Utah's industries, thousands of local jobs, and habitat for 10 …

Seasonal snowmelt from the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah, USA, is a primary control
on water availability for the metropolitan Wasatch Front, surrounding agricultural valleys …

The darkening of the snow surface by light‐absorbing particles impacts snow albedo directly
by increasing absorption of shortwave radiation in the visible wavelengths. This indirectly …

The dust cycle facilitates the exchange of particles among Earth's major systems, enabling
dust to traverse ecosystems, cross geographic boundaries, and even move uphill against …

Terminal lakes in the Great Basin (GB) of the western US host critical wildlife habitat and
food for migrating birds and can be associated with serious human health and economic …