Scientists Just Discovered a Hidden Freshwater World Beneath the Great Salt Lake

Scientists Find 2.5-Mile-Thick Freshwater Reservoir Under The Great Salt Lake

Scientists mapped a small section of a vast freshwater reservoir underneath Utah's Great Salt Lake. The water is trapped in a 2.5-mile-thick layer of porous rock and sediment that could be extracted as a new water source for an increasingly dry region.

Scientists Just Discovered a Hidden Freshwater World Beneath the Great Salt Lake

Scientists found extensive freshwater beneath the Great Salt Lake, offering new insights into groundwater flow and potential environmental solutions.

Scientists Detect Something Bizarre in Subterranean Structures Under the Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake is harboring an unexpected secret: a huge stash of water that’s decidedly not salty. A team of researchers who x-rayed its subterranean structures discovered that lurking below its briny surface is a vast and miles-deep reservoir of freshwater. The findings, detailed in a new study in the journal Scientific Reports, upend expectations that any freshwater presence would be small and relegated to the lake’s outskirts, dumped th…