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Study Reveals Hidden Freshwater Beneath Great Salt Lake
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In Short: Researchers from the University of Utah have discovered a significant body of freshwater hidden beneath the Great Salt Lake playa, a finding that could reshape our understanding of subsurface water flow in the region.
Researchers from the University of Utah have discovered a significant body of freshwater hidden beneath the Great Salt Lake playa, a finding that could reshape our understanding of subsurface water flow in the region.
The study, detailed in Scitechdaily, indicates that this groundwater fills tiny pore spaces within sediments west of the Wasatch Mountains, lying beneath a salty layer roughly 30 feet thick.
Zircon crystals, known for their durability and ability to reveal geological history, suggest that ancient mountains once rivaled today's Himalayas and profoundly shaped the trajectory of life on Earth.
The study also highlights the dynamic nature of red blood cells, which can rapidly reorganize proteins in response to low oxygen levels, helping regulate energy use and oxygen delivery to tissues.
In a study published in Blood, scientists identified over 3,775 proteins in mature human red blood cells, revealing a surprisingly dynamic network that adapts quickly to changing oxygen levels.
What this adds
The research on the Great Salt Lake's hidden freshwater could provide a valuable resource for the region, but further study is needed to understand its full potential.
The dynamic nature of red blood cells, as revealed in the study, underscores the adaptability of biological systems to changing environmental conditions.
Background
The paper "One Quarter of Global Data Centers are Located in Water-Stressed Areas".
What's confirmed
- Researchers from the University of Utah have discovered a significant body of freshwater hidden beneath the Great Salt Lake playa, a finding that could reshape our understanding of subsurface water flow in the region.
- The study, detailed in Scitechdaily, indicates that this groundwater fills tiny pore spaces within sediments west of the Wasatch Mountains, lying beneath a salty layer roughly 30 feet thick.
- Zircon crystals, known for their durability and ability to reveal geological history, suggest that ancient mountains once rivaled today's Himalayas and profoundly shaped the trajectory of life on Earth.
- The study also highlights the dynamic nature of red blood cells, which can rapidly reorganize proteins in response to low oxygen levels, helping regulate energy use and oxygen delivery to tissues.
- In a study published in Blood, scientists identified over 3,775 proteins in mature human red blood cells, revealing a surprisingly dynamic network that adapts quickly to changing oxygen levels.
What's still developing
- They've visited small towns and big cities, hidden gems and popular destinations, beaches and mountains, and everything in between.
- When the Antarctic data were incorporated into a global database and weighted according to the area represented by different samples, the Gondwanan signal became the largest supercontinent-related mountain-building signal in the dataset.
- But a new study adds to the story: It finds that while those mountains have long since eroded away, their buried 'roots' and the sediments they shed may preserve clues to an enormously consequential aspect of their existence.
- Zircon crystals are unusually durable, and their chemistry and uranium-lead ages can reveal when and where the rocks that produced them formed.
- The zircons suggest something much bigger (pun intended) than ancient mountains, though.
- Hamburg's data protection commissioner told German broadcaster ARD in an interview last week that Meta's smart glasses amount to "disguised cameras," argued they could fall foul of a German law written to catch hidden recording devices tucked into everyday objects, and said an outright ban "could be possible" ( UC Today ; PetaPixel ).
- “Red blood cells are far more sophisticated than previously thought,” said the study’s senior author Angelo D’Alessandro, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular genetics at CU Anschutz.
- But new research from the University of Colorado Anschutz reveals that they are v astly more complex with far reaching consequences for health, exercise and fitness.
- This previously unknown zone is now referred to as the “saltwater lens,” and its discovery is reshaping scientists’ understanding of subsurface water flow in the region.
- “Fresh water exists under the periphery of the lake and maybe even under the lake itself. And we need to better characterize it to understand how we can use it as a resource,” said Johnson, a professor geology & geophysics.
- “The size or radius of the round spot corresponded with the freshness of the groundwater; the bigger the round spot the fresher the water at the center,” Adomako-Mensah said.
- “We proposed that for higher elevation dust spots, you drop a well and flood the area and douse the dust spot. What we’re trying to check out is whether we can use a modest amount of that water without weakening the nice upward pressure,” Johnson said.