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2021 Lake Tahoe Clarity: No Consistent Improvement in Last 20-Years

The cobalt blue waters of Lake Tahoe were about as clear in 2021 as they were in 2020. But a broader look at clarity measurements shows there is no pattern of consistent clarity improvement over the past 20 years. The lake also has not fully recovered from a spike of fine particles that flowed into its waters after the extremely […]

SnowBrains | July 8, 2022
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2020 Lake Tahoe Clarity: Trends Holding but Threats Remain

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The Lake Tahoe water clarity measurements, which are indicators of the health of the watershed, averaged 62.9 feet through 2020, the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency announced last week. Last year’s report: Lake Tahoe’s Legendary Clarity Decreased by 8-Feet Last Year Lake Tahoe’s clarity peaked in February 2020 when it was deeper than […]

SnowBrains | July 19, 2021
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Lake Tahoe’s Legendary Clarity Decreased by 8-Feet Last Year

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This report first appeared on the UC Davis website The clarity of Lake Tahoe has long been one of the most important indicators of the changing condition of this iconic water body. In 2019, Lake Tahoe’s clarity decreased nearly 8 feet from the previous year’s dramatic 10-foot improvement. The average annual value in 2019 was 62.7 feet. The lowest value […]

SnowBrains | June 11, 2020
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Lake Tahoe’s Legendary Clarity Improved by Over 10-Feet Last Year

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Lake Tahoe’s legendary water clarity improved in 2018 thanks to a return to more normal weather and streamflow conditions, according to a report. The annual report by UC Davis researchers found the average clarity level in 2018 improved dramatically to 70.9 feet, a 10.5-foot increase from 2017. Related: Lake Tahoe 2017 = Worst Clarity on Record Two years ago clarity […]

SnowBrains | May 24, 2019
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The Clarity of Lake Tahoe Declined Almost 10-Feet Last Year

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Citing the convergence of drought, record precipitation, and warm temperatures, researchers announced Wednesday that Lake Tahoe’s famed clarity declined 9.5 feet in 2017, reports the Tahoe Daily Tribune. The numbers from the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) follow a 3.9-foot decrease in average annual clarity in 2016. “In 2017, Lake Tahoe’s low clarity was primarily the result of […]

Steven Agar | June 13, 2018
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PBS Documentary: “Can We Save Lake Tahoe”

PBS’ “Lake Tahoe, Can We Save It” 26-minute documentary Lake Tahoe is the clearest lake of its size in the USA. It’s also one of the deepest lakes in the USA at 1,645-feet deep (deeper than the Empire State building is tall) and holds over 39 trillion gallons of water. In 1968, you could see a 10-inch diameter disk (Secchi disk) 97 […]

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SnowBrains | October 21, 2013
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