Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History - Hardcover

Geologist Jon Erickson traces the strange ecology and politics of salt lakes. From the Great Salt Lake to the Salton Sea to the Dead Sea, these are dying ecosystems shaped by human appetite.

Most lakes have fresh water. Salt lakes are weirder, more fragile, and more dependent on invisible political decisions upstream. Erickson shows how water diversion, industrial use, and climate change have turned these lakes into chemical puzzles. Each lake has a different story. All of them are running out of water.

Environmental science faculty assign this for case studies in watershed management and resource politics. Geologists read it for the geological story. If you work in water rights or conservation, this book clarifies why salt lakes matter and why they're collapsing.

DETAILS
- Hardcover
- Geology, ecology, environmental science, water resources