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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

three researchers in coats and a yellow robotic glider are on the ice and snow in Antarctica next to a yellow crane

Expedition to Antarctica: UC Davis Tracks Melting Glaciers

by Kat Kerlin
January 23, 2026

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

Research boat on Lake Tahoe

Schiff Joins UC Davis Researchers Monitoring Health of Lake Tahoe

by James Nash
August 12, 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

Diver Katie Senft seen underwater Lake Tahoe while mountain and sky are above

Lake Tahoe Clarity Report: Trend Stable, Not Improving

by Kat Kerlin
June 16, 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

Clear Lake with bushes framing foreground

Clear Lake Water Quality Report Recommends Rehabilitation Strategy

by Cara Hollis
January 29, 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

White secchi disc hanging from cord off research vessel labeled UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center hovers over surface of blue Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe Clarity Report Shows Highs and Lows of 2023

by Kat Kerlin
July 30, 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

Researcher Brandon Berry from the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center collects data from a research vessel on the water at Lake Tahoe amid smoke-filled skies.

Science, Despite Smoke, at Lake Tahoe

by Kat Kerlin
August 27, 2021

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

Thousands of microbead pellets from a ripped pool toy scatter across the surface of Lake Tahoe in July 2021.

Plastic ‘Pool’ Toy Pollution in the Wild

by Kat Kerlin
July 29, 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

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

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

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