UCD lecture at Incline: Climate change and lake temperature in the Sierra Nevada

While climate can be an important factor controlling lake temperatures, in many lakes, water temperatures are responding differently than air temperatures. Through decades of climate and water temperature data from Sierra Nevada, Dr. Steve Sadro was able to illustrate the magnitude of warming taking place and demonstrate the role of winter snow-pack in regulating lake temperatures. Sadro and his findings will be featured at the next UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) discussion on February 9. The program will begin at 6:00 p.m. with refreshments and no-host bar from 5:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Dr. Sadro, an assistant professor at U.C. Davis, will discuss his findings "Climate Change and Lake Temperature in the Sierra Nevada."

Water temperature regulates a broad range of fundamental ecosystem processes in

lakes. While climate can be an important factor controlling lake temperatures, in many lakes, water temperatures are responding differently than air temperatures. We analyzed multiple decades of climate and water temperature data from a high-elevation catchment in the southern Sierra Nevada to illustrate the magnitude of warming taking place and to demonstrate the role of winter snow-pack in regulating lake temperatures.

Registration for this event is required. The program will begin at 6 p.m. with refreshments and no-host bar from 5:30 - 6 p.m. at the UC Davis Tahoe Science Center at 291 Country Club Drive in Incline Village (between Tahoe Boulevard/SR 28 and Lakeshore Blvd.) on the campus of Sierra Nevada College. For more information on this event, and other TERC lectures, visit http://tahoe.ucdavis.edu/events/.

Dr. Steve Sadro, assistant professor UC Davis, is a limnologist and ecosystem ecologist, interested in how physical, chemical, and biological factors interact to regulate aquatic ecosystems.