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Calm deep-blue Lake Tahoe with forested shore and distant mountains under clear sky

Tahoe State of the Lake Report Released

by Kat Kerlin
July 16, 2026

Aerial view of rocky shoreline with green bushes and clear turquoise-to-deep-blue water.

2025 Lake Tahoe Clarity Report Released

by Kat Kerlin
June 09, 2026

Hugh Safford overlooks Echo Lake. He stands with arms folded along rocky ridges. The lake is below and mountains are int backdrop.

Lessons from the Caldor Fire’s Christmas Valley ‘Miracle’

by Kat Kerlin
December 19, 2025

Two scientists in wet suits swim in a shallow part of Lake Tahoe collecting rocks covered with attached algae

Lake Tahoe Algae Experiment Suggests Seasonal Shifts Ahead

by Kat Kerlin
October 06, 2025

A plane's contrails streaks through a blue sky over deep blue Lake Tahoe

Tahoe State of the Lake Report Released for 2024

by Kat Kerlin
July 17, 2025

photo taken underwater shows light entering water as shadowy legs dangle from a paddleboard at Lake Tahoe

Extreme Weather Cycles Change Underwater Light at Tahoe

by Kat Kerlin
May 21, 2025

Man in blue hard hat smiles while holding a yellow measuring tape wrapped around an enormous ponderosa pine tree in forest. Woman in orange hard hat and vests stands next to him. Two others observe.

Burning Question: How to Save an Old-Growth Forest in Tahoe

by Kat Kerlin
March 03, 2025

Lake Tahoe's surface in winter with snow-dusted mountains in background

Stephanie Hampton Appointed Director of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center

by Neelanjana Gautam
November 15, 2024

Blue sky above blue water with a floating object just left of photo center.

Annual Report on State of Lake Tahoe Shows Recent Impacts, Long-Term Trends

by Andy Fell
August 08, 2024

Lake Tahoe in winter

Clarity, Changing Food Web Detailed in Annual Lake Tahoe Report

by Emily C. Dooley
July 20, 2023

Ice floats atop Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe’s Clarity the Best It’s Been Since 1980s

by Kat Kerlin
April 10, 2023

View of Lake Tahoe clear blue cove surrounded by pine trees on sunny summer day

Tahoe State of the Lake Report 2022

by Kat Kerlin
July 28, 2022

Children on paddle board in Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe Clarity Report for 2021

by Kat Kerlin
July 06, 2022

Lake Tahoe with snow-capped mountains in background under winter clouds

Annual Report Assesses the State of Lake Tahoe

by Andy Fell
August 12, 2021

Female scientist lowers a Secchi disk from a research boat into Lake Tahoe to measure lake clarity.

2020 Lake Tahoe Clarity Report

by UC Davis News and Media Relations/Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
July 08, 2021

Legs shown of person on paddleboard in water toward sun

Helping Out Lakes in Hot Water

by Kat Kerlin
June 09, 2021

Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe, Nevada side

Tahoe’s State of the Lake Report Released

by Kat Kerlin
July 30, 2020

Aerial view of Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe Clarity Report Mixed for 2019

by UC Davis News and Media Relations
June 10, 2020

The Survivors: Sugar Pine Trees and the Future Forest

by Kat Kerlin
November 07, 2019

Microplastics: Not Just an Ocean Problem

by Kat Kerlin
August 07, 2019

Sunrise at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe

Removing Tiny Shrimp May Help Climate-Proof Lake Tahoe’s Clarity

by Kat Kerlin
August 01, 2019

Large rock underwater in Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe Clarity Level Bounces Back

by UC Davis News and Media Relations
May 23, 2019

Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay

Tahoe: State of the Lake Report Released

by Kat Kerlin
July 26, 2018

Measuring Lake Tahoe clarity

Climate and Ecology Linked to Lake Tahoe Clarity Decline in 2016

by Kat Kerlin
May 18, 2017

ice glider, Antarctica

Beneath the Ice in Antarctica

by Kat Kerlin
May 08, 2017

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