Scholars and conservationists released a briefing this week urging emergency water-saving measures to prevent the looming collapse of Utah's Great Salt Lake. Without an urgent, dramatic increase in water flow, "the lake as we know it is on track to disappear in five years," stated the report, led by Benjamin Abbott, a professor of ecosystem ecology at Brigham Young University. Decades of overconsumption of water throughout the region, and a mega-drought made worse by climate change, threaten to further shrink the lake and cause great harm to the region’s public health, environment and economy, Abbott told USA TODAY. To learn more, click the link in our bio. #greatsaltlake #conservation