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Visit https://brilliant.org/TerraMater/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription! 🌍 Watch our entire Earth Explained! series: ▶️    • Playlist   One of the USA’s largest lakes is disappearing. Water levels in Utah’s Great Salt Lake have dropped by 6 meters since 1985, and last summer reached their lowest point ever. Not only does this threaten the local ecosystem, but hazardous metals in the exposed lakebed are also putting human lives at risk. Why is such a vast body of water drying up? And where else in the world is this happening? Producer Philip dives into urban water consumption and the hydrological cycle to find out: Can lessons from history help to save the Great Salt Lake? Stay tuned for more stories about pressing environmental issues. And don’t forget to like and subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode! Chapters: 00:00 Drought news around the world 01:13 Thank you, Brilliant! 02:13 Austria: Neusiedlersee is drying up 03:31 Terminal lakes: what are they? 04:10 Great Salt Lake current situation 05:39 Owens Lake: historic text book case 06:40 How to fix the problem 07:41 Lake effect snow 08:34 Water prices 09:18 Economic prosperity vs. natural depletion 🔗 Sources: (1) Al Jazeera English: How should we adapt to climate change? | Inside Story -    • How should we adapt to climate change? | I...   (2) BBC News: France experiencing worst drought on record – BBC News -    • France experiencing worst drought on recor...   (3) DW News: Russia's invasion of Ukraine. War has returned to Europe:    • Russia's invasion of Ukraine: War has retu...   (3) Terra Mater - How the China-Russia Conflict Shaped the Asian Wilderness    • How the China-Russia Conflict Shaped the A...   (4) Terra Mater - How China Can Prevent Future Floods    • How China's Flood-Proof Mega Cities Work |...   (5) Google Earth - Google Timelapse: Owens Lake, California -    • Google Timelapse: Owens Lake, California   (6) Google Earth - Google Timelapse: Lake Urmia, Iran -    • Google Timelapse: Lake Urmia, Iran   (7) Google Earth - Google Timelapse: Poopo Lake, Bolivia -    • Google Timelapse: Poopo Lake, Oruro, Bolivia   (8) Google Earth - Google Timelapse: Aral Sea -    • Google Timelapse: Aral Sea   (9) Google Earth - Google Timelapse: Great Salt Lake, Utah -    • Google Timelapse: Great Salt Lake, UT   (10) Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen: Habsburgermonarchie (1869-1887) - Franzisco-Josephinische Landesaufnahme - https://maps.arcanum.com/de/map/third... (11) NASA Earth Observatory: The Great Shrinking Lake - https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima... (12) Sacramento Bee: Dust storms at Owens Lake -    • Dust storms at Owens Lake   (13) Google Earth - Google Timelapse: Owens Lake, California -    • Google Timelapse: Owens Lake, California   (14) Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: Los Angeles Aqueduct Centennial 2013 -    • Los Angeles Aqueduct Centennial 2013   (15) Dust Clouds - Sacramento Bee: Dust storms at Owens Lake -    • Dust storms at Owens Lake   (16) Google Earth - Google Timelapse: Kennecott Copper Mine, Salt Lake City, Utah yMd-jLmAuHs (17) Google Earth - Google Timelapse: Great Salt Lake, Utah -    • Google Timelapse: Great Salt Lake, UT   (18) Statista: Average monthly water prices in the United States as of July 2022 - https://www.statista.com/statistics/1... #earthexplained