NASA study: Lake Tahoe water temps warmer
By ANNIE FLANZRAICH Tahoe Daily Tribune
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.—A recent NASA study showed Lake Tahoe's water is warming twice as quickly as regional air temperature, lending weight to predictions of warming lake temperatures made by UC Davis researchers in 2008.
The study, published in November, shows from 1992 to 2008, Tahoe's surface waters warmed a mean 0.23 of a degree Fahrenheit a year for a total increase of 3.7 degrees. Air temperatures recorded in Tahoe City increased 0.1 a a degree annually during the same time.
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