Post by: AngelOfThyNight on August 02, 2016, 06:21:49 PM
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Scientists on Thursday reported that Lake Tahoe experienced a year like no other in 2015, as evidenced by information in the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center’s annual “Tahoe: State of the Lake Report.”The report summarizes how natural forces, long-term change and human actions have affected Lake Tahoe’s clarity, physics, chemistry and biology over time.It presents data collected in 2015 and puts it in the context of long-term trends and previous records.Record-breaking measurementsContinued warm and dry conditions contributed to several record-breaking measurements. Among them:Climate change: While precipitation was near average, only 6.5 percent of it fell …
Source: Scientists: Climate change tightening ‘alarming’ grip on Lake Tahoe (http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/local/23160431-113/scientists-climate-change-tightening-alarming-grip-on-lake?utm_source=swift_rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss-referrals&utm_section=Local)