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Campus

BYU researchers make advancements with drought-resistant grass

By Payton Pingree
September 03, 2024 09:28 AM
BYU researchers in the Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences recently discovered a new type of grass that can survive drought conditions.
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State

As Utah exits drought, heatwave brings hotter-than-average temperatures

Ethan Pack
By Ethan Pack
July 12, 2024 12:00 AM
As much as 66% of Utah is out of drought conditions, according to U.S. Drought Monitor, but a recent heatwave brings temperatures up to as high as 102 degrees in Provo and may affect drought conditions in the future.
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State

Threat of wildfires continues despite record-breaking precipitation levels

By Emma Butler
July 10, 2023 12:00 AM
Natural Resources Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, said that the moisture produced more vegetation than normal this year. While Utah is currently in a “green phase,” she said, it won’t be long before all the new vegetation dries out.
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Magazine

Working to keep the Salt Lake great

By Tennie Davis
May 04, 2023 12:00 AM
My senior year of high school, my friends and I went out to the salt flats of the Great Salt Lake to watch an April sunset. We danced around on the crusted crystal salt, chasing clouds of brine flies and staring in awe at the sun, resting complete and red on the dusty pink horizon. I wore my favorite shoes that day, and the salt got into them in a real stubborn way. Despite my best scrubs, the shoes were forever altered, forever salted.
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Special Projects

Historic Utah snowfall a step toward drought control, government officials say

By Joshua Rust
January 26, 2023 12:00 AM
Utah government officials from the Department of Natural Resources and House of Representatives say recent historic snowfall and precipitation levels are not reasons to press the brakes on statewide and local conservation efforts.
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Local

Great Salt Lake hits new historic low for 2nd time in a year

By Associated Press
July 06, 2022 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Great Salt Lake has hit a new historic low for the second time in less than a year as the ongoing megadrought worsened by climate change continues to shrink the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi.
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State

Drought makes Utah farmers wary of the future

By Tennie Davis
November 15, 2021 12:00 AM
Chris Riley always knew he wanted to be a farmer. It was in his blood. Both his father and grandfather had been produce farmers, and when the time came, he took over the family business.
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State

Utah faces worst drought period since Middle Ages

By Kristine Kim
June 08, 2021 12:00 AM
Utah is currently going through a megadrought, facing the driest 20-year period since the Middle Ages according to BYU ecosystem ecology professor Ben Abbott.
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State

Gov. Cox asks Utah residents to pray for rain

By Jeff Salcedo
June 04, 2021 12:00 AM
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is asking Utah residents of all faiths to pray for more rain from June 4-6.
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State

Climate change still threatens key US river after wet winter

By Associated Press
August 15, 2019 12:00 AM
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Snow swamped mountains across the U.S. West last winter, leaving enough to thrill skiers into the summer, swelling rivers and streams when it melted, and largely making wildfire restrictions unnecessary. But the wet weather can be misleading.
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Metro

Farmers turn to tech as key river in US West faces distress

By Associated Press
August 13, 2019 12:00 AM
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A drone soared over a blazing hot cornfield in northeastern Colorado on a recent morning, snapping images with an infrared camera to help researchers decide how much water they would give the crops the next day.
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Sports

Lake Powell's water levels on the rise — for now

June 04, 2019 12:00 AM
Lake Powell's water levels have risen 16 feet in the last month. (Andy Pernick, Bureau of Reclamation/Flickr)
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Metro

Combatting, understanding Utah's water crisis

By Riley Waldman
January 17, 2019 12:00 AM
See also 'University of Utah, BYU conserving water on campus'
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Metro

University of Utah, BYU conserving water on campus

By Riley Waldman
January 17, 2019 12:00 AM
Irrigation specialists Brady Pitcher (left) and Joe Jackson (right) teach landscape management students about irrigation systems. Pitcher and Jackson work with smart controller systems and help install and manage sustainable irrigation systems. (Riley Waldman)
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Campus News

BYU landscaping values design, sustainability

By Hannah Lafond
April 04, 2018 12:00 AM
BYU student Leslie Stewart draws a landscape plan. Stewart placed first in the National Collegiate Landscaping Competition for her work in the exterior landscape design competition. (BYU Photo)
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Nation

3 firefighters killed after 'hellstorm' overtook vehicle

August 20, 2015 12:00 AM
A wildfire burns behind a home on Twisp River Road, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 in Twisp, Wash. Authorities on Wednesday afternoon urged people in the north-central Washington town to evacuate because of a fast-moving wildfire. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Nation

Most who fled huge Northern California wildfire return home

August 07, 2015 12:00 AM
A Cal Fire helicopter flies over the Bear Creek portion of Cache Creek near Clearlake, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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Nation

Oil slicks spread 9 miles off California, foul beaches, air

By Liesl Hansen
May 21, 2015 12:00 AM
A man shovels up oil on a section of beach about a mile east of Refugio State Beach, Calif., Wednesday, May 20, 2015. A broken onshore pipeline spewed oil down a storm drain and into the ocean for several hours Tuesday before it was shut off. (Kenneth Song/The News-Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; SANTA MARIA TIMES OUT
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