Why the Great Salt Lake is Two Completely Different Colors
JMP offers a 30-day free trial for anyone, anywhere. Go to https://www.jmp.com/scishow to see the benefits of visual statistics for yourself. Today, the Great Salt Lake of Utah has multiples of the ocean's salt concentration. But it didn't used to be so salty. In fact, it used to be Lake Bonneville. And we know its story thanks to microscopic diatoms and Dr. Ruth Patrick. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! / scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: J.V. Rosenbalm, Bethany Matthews, Toyas Dhake, David Johnston, Lyndsay Brown, Alan Wong, Jeffrey Mckishen, Kaitlyn O'Callaghan, Reed Spilmann, Garrett Galloway, Friso, kickinwasabi, Gizmo, Jeremy Mattern, Blood Doctor Kelly, Eric Jensen, Jaap Westera, Matt Curls, Jp Lynch, Wesus, Chris Curry, Cye Stoner, Kevin Knupp, Piya Shedden, Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Jason A Saslow, Kevin Bealer, Joseph Ruf, Chris Peters, Chris Mackey, Steve Gums ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: / scishow Instagram: / thescishow Facebook: / scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky... #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/...

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