In The News
April 16, 2026
Mapping Magma and Drilling for Oil: New Methods for Geophysical Modelling
Scientia Global
“Professor Michael Zhdanov, a geophysicist at the University of Utah, has dedicated much of his career to developing sophisticated methods of solving inverse problems.”
March 31, 2026
Utah’s Great Salt Lake may be hiding a massive reservoir of fresh water
Scientific American
“Fresh-water-saturated sediment or bedrock may extend as deep as three or four kilometers below the Great Salt Lake’s basin, a new study suggests.”
March 30, 2026
Scientists discover potentially huge freshwater reservoir hidden beneath Great Salt Lake
LiveScience.com
“Scientists have discovered a freshwater reservoir beneath Utah's Great Salt Lake that could span the entire area of the lake and beyond, a new study shows.”
March 24, 2026
Huge Freshwater Reservoir Found Hidden Under The Great Salt Lake
ScienceAlert.com
“We were able to answer the question of how deep this potential reservoir is, and what its spatial extent is beneath the easter lake margin. If you know how deep, you know how wide, you know how the porous space, you can calculate the potential freshwater volume.”
— Michael Zhdanov, CEO, via ScienceAlert.com