Climate change impacting Tahoe clarity

Environment Health: Climate change is helping warm Lake Tahoe’s cobalt blue waters, which could complicate efforts to maintain its famed clarity, said one of America’s most respected scientists and an expert on the Sierra lake. Over the last 30 years, Lake Tahoe has warmed about a 1 degree Fahrenheit, a result of the lake not releasing as much heat back into the atmosphere due to carbon dioxide blanketing, said renowned limnologist Charles Goldman. “These are serious times, and this carbon dioxide question is......

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