(Photo of Lake Tahoe from Flickr and photographer Jeroen Elfferich)
News Update 3: Another body of water, Lake Tahoe in Nevada, is showing the effects of climate change. The water isn’t rising, but the area has seen a temperature increase of 4 degrees since 1910 and algae in the lake is growing 5 times as fast as in 1959. Summer nights are warmer, freezing days are fewer and there is less snow, according to the annual Tahoe State of the Lake report, by researchers from the University of California at Davis. The average surface temperature of the frigid lake has risen from 41.7 to 42.6 degrees since 1970. The region is cited by some as a barometer of how climate change is transforming whole ecosystems. (Source: ClimateWire)
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