Lake Scientist

- — November 18, 2014
Changing Winds Key To Studying Lake Tahoe’s Currents

Scientists at the Tahoe Environmental Research Center say that Lake Tahoe is all but calm underneath the surface, according to the Nevada Appeal. And though its currents are broadly fickle,[…]

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- — November 12, 2014
High in the Sierra Nevada, lake temperatures more complicated than warming atmosphere

A study of a lake high in the Sierra Nevada mountains shows lake temperatures don’t always track closely with atmospheric temperatures.

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- — November 12, 2014
Ecological Impacts Of Invasive Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) In The Laurentian Great Lakes And Beyond: Summary Of Presentations At IAGLR 2014

Aquatic invasive species (AIS) pose a significant threat to biodiversity and production from large-scaled lake and river ecosystems. AIS cause species extinctions, increase homogenization of biological communities, decrease native biotic[…]

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- — November 11, 2014
Lake Mapourika Sediments Tell History Of Earthquakes (Video)

Of all the things lake sediments have been used to study – like telling the history of the Spanish climate or showing the unyielding force of California drought – predicting[…]

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