News tagged with lake tahoe
Climate change, algae lessen Lake Tahoe's clarity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lake Tahoe clarity dropped in 2010, but the rate of decline in clarity over the past decade remains slower compared with previous decades, according to UC Davis scientists who have monitored the lake for ...
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Tahoe native fish population declines sharply, invasives on the rise
In a lakewide study, a team of scientists lead by University of Nevada, Reno limnologist Sudeep Chandra has found a considerable decline in native fish species density at Lake Tahoe since 1951. In their final ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Tahoe analysis adds 'when' and 'how much' to climate-change forecasts
UC Davis scientists today issued the most detailed forecast to date of likely climate-change effects at Lake Tahoe, complete with estimates of when those effects might be seen and how big they might be.
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Fault finding: UCI seismologist finds far more frequent earthquakes along the San Andreas
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCI seismologist Lisa Grant Ludwig finds far more frequent earthquakes along the San Andreas fault.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Scientists roll out 'not-welcome' mats to kill Tahoe clams
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lake Tahoe scientists at the University of California, Davis, and the University of Nevada, working with government and conservation organizations, this week began a novel attempt to control a dime-sized ...
Jul 09, 2010 |
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Tahoe faces new development battle: green vs. green
As snow begins to blanket Lake Tahoe, the region finds itself facing a new kind of development battle: green vs. green.
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Annual Tahoe Report Says Asian Clam Invasion Is Growing Fast
(PhysOrg.com) -- Released today, UC Davis' annual Lake Tahoe health report describes a spreading Asian clam population that could put sharp shells and rotting algae on the spectacular mountain lake's popular ...
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Studies offers new picture of Lake Tahoe's earthquake potential
For more than a decade, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been unraveling the history of fault ruptures below the cobalt blue waters of Lake Tahoe one earthquake at a time. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Lake Tahoe Clarity Continues to Hold Steady in 2008
(PhysOrg.com) -- The waters of Lake Tahoe were clear to an average depth of 69.6 feet in 2008, according to UC Davis scientists who have monitored the lake since 1968. That keeps the clarity measurement in the range where ...
Mar 19, 2009 |
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