Meet Lauren Whelton, a 4th-year PhD student studying the microbialites along the shoreline of Great Salt Lake.
As lake levels decline, microbialites dry out, threatening the food web they support. Lauren's research asks an urgent question: if the water returns, can they recover?
The Great Salt Lake crisis reaches far beyond its shoreline: toxic dust, reduced snowpack, $2B in annual economic activity and more are at risk The Great Salt Lake Strike Team, co-chaired by @UUtah biology professor William Anderegg, is connecting science to real solutions.
Northern forests are warming up to 4x faster than the global average, making accessible climate data more critical than ever. New research from Wanwan Liang and Jon Wang maps 40 years of forest change to better track wildfire, timber harvest, drought, and carbon impacts.
A novel angle on antibiotic resistance may come from understanding how bacteria protect themselves from viruses. Dr. Karasov’s bold new project explores how bacterial antiviral defense systems could reveal entirely new insights into antibiotic resistance and fundamental biology.