Asher Elbein: Growing up, I’d always heard that the last living Stromatolites — aka one of the most archaic organisms on earth—could only be found in a single isolated bit of Australian coastline. Imagine my shock at learning there’s a colony in Utah’s Great Salt Lake!? geology.utah.gov/map-pub/surv...

Growing up, I’d always heard that the last living Stromatolites — aka one of the most archaic organisms on earth—could only be found in a single isolated bit of Australian coastline. Imagine my shock at learning there’s a colony in Utah’s Great Salt Lake!? geology.utah.gov/map-pub/surv...

And in Ottawa where I'll be this weekend! ottawariverkeeper.ca/paleontologi...

Paleontological Highlights - Ottawa Riverkeeper | Garde-rivière des Outaouaisottawariverkeeper.ca Between 440-510 million years ago (the Paleozoic period) a warm tropical sea flooded the region, which was then near the equator. The beds of limestone […]

And in Pavilion Lake, British Columbia and an area in Mexico, and who knows where else?!

it's like my grandmother always used to say: "there's always stromatolites in the Great Salt Lake of Utah."

Is there a way to save it? I've read horrid things about the future of the Great Salt Lake.

would require a change in water rights + the end of diverting water for alfalfa farms amongst other things. there's a local effort to save it www.saveourgreatsaltlake.org

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