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Caroline Tracey

Dust Lakes Keep Popping Up Across the West

This story was originally published by High Country News.Last summer, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration observed dust blowing 85 miles from its source: Lake Abert and Summer Lake, two dried-up saline lakes in southern Oregon. This had happened before: Saline lake beds are some of the West’s most significant sources of dust.