Jan 28 2021
Salty Science Series: Am I on Mars or Great Salt Lake?

Salty Science Series: Am I on Mars or Great Salt Lake?

Presented by Westminster University at Online/Virtual Space

Are you expecting a typical story about lake ecology? You may be disappointed as there is nothing typical about Great Salt Lake nor this time in Earth’s history. In this book, lake experts partner to reframe and update our knowledge base, include unheard voices, and dispense with incomplete understandings about our unique lake. It is a time of change and reckoning.
Did I just land on Mars? From its’s oozing and bubbling asphaltbeds that capture and preserve critters, flanked with pink water and minerals (also on Mars) that entrap life in their cyrstals it is a logical question. The north arm of Great Salt Lake is indeed otherworldly. Panelists will include Dr. Bonnie Baxter, Scott Perl and Swati Almeida-Dalmet and will be moderated by GSLI coordinator Jaimi Butler.

The Salty Science Series is hosted by Great Salt Lake at Westminster College and will feature contributing authors in "Great Salt Lake Biology: a Terminal Lake in a Time of Change" in a series of 6 panel discussions. We hope that you will break out your inner nerd and have a lake themed dinner or drink ready to enjoy while you learn about the lake. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the night for the most creative food or libation. aimi’s dinner will include pink north arm lemonade and street tacos (get it, asphalt?) that are topped with salt coated crickets for crunch (like those that wash up on the sodium coast).

Don't worry if you cannot make this virtually in person, as they will be recorded and available when you have time. If you are inclined to buy a book please support our local bookstore, The Kings English, and purchase here: Please support Kings English https://www.kingsenglish.com/book/9783030403515.

Admission Info

Free registration required for Zoom. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l7pQZdeYT3WGC7Wo1bNq-A

Dates & Times

2021/01/28 - 2021/01/28

Location Info

Online/Virtual Space

Online/Virtual, UT 00000