A man is seen walking atop the historic landmark Black Rock on the Great Salt Lake on September 11, 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah. In forty years, the Great Salt Lake has lost two-thirds of its surface area, a victim of an agricultural sector and a mining industry that consume too much water, and of global warming which reduces the flow of the rivers that feed it. reaching a historic low in 2022. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)