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Category : Tahoe, Lake, Watershed (Calif. and Nev.)
Languages : en
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UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center
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Category : Tahoe, Lake, Watershed (Calif. and Nev.)
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UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center
Author: UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center Project
Author: Parsons Harland Bartholomew & AssociatesPublisher:
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Category : Research institutes
Languages : en
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UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center
Author: Tahoe - State of the Lake Report
Author: Lakes and Watersheds in the Sierra Nevada of California
Author: John M. MelackPublisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520278798
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
The Sierra Nevada, California’s iconic mountain range, harbors thousands of remote high-elevations lakes from which water flows to sustain agriculture and cities. As climate and air quality in the region change, so do the watershed processes upon which these lakes depend. In order to understand the future of California’s ecology and natural resources, we need an integrated account of the environmental processes that underlie these aquatic systems. Synthesizing over three decades of research on the lakes and watersheds of the Sierra Nevada, this book develops an integrated account of the hydrological and biogeochemical systems that sustain them. With a focus on Emerald Lake in Sequoia National Park, the book marshals long-term limnological and ecological data to provide a detailed and synthetic account, while also highlighting the vulnerability of Sierra lakes to changes in climate and atmospheric deposition. In so doing, it lays the scientific foundations for predicting and understanding how the lakes and watersheds will respond.
Lake Tahoe
Author: Thomas BachandPublisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811863094
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Thomas Bachand's stunning photographs of Lake Tahoe capture the sublime beauty of this beloved natural wonder while also illustrating its fragility. Bachand has been making photographs of the lake and its environs for more than ten years, creating images that possess a timeless vocabulary of water, rock, and sky. Bachaund's images also depict the transition that the lake and its surrounding are undergoing due to tourism and development. These two sides of Bachand's work - presented here for the first time - reflect the delicate balance that exists between conservation and growth in the region. An introduction by Dr. Charles R. Goldman, founder and director of the Tahoe Research Group at UC Davis, addresses how factors as diverse as development and global climate change threaten Lake Tahoe's legendary clear blue waters. In addition, excerpts from Mark Twain's seminal volume Roughing It remind us of the lake's awe-inspiring grandeur as it appeared more than a century ago. Lake Tahoe: A Fragile Beauty celebrates the natural splendor of a region that is also a key arena for many of the salient environmental issues facing our time. Bachand's exploration of Tahoe's singular loveliness, rich history, and universal challenges conveys the area's extraordinary character, and our need to understand and care for this unique jewel. -- from dust jacket.
The World's Greenest Buildings
Author: Jerry YudelsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415606292
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Provides the first comparison of green building performance, using cost and energy use data that has been verified by independent third parties.
Water Resources Center Report
Author: Report - Water Resources Center, University of California
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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