Tahoe Lake Temperature

Now hear this: the water in the lake is getting warmer. According to scientists, satellite sensors have been collecting data on the world's largest lakes, some 367 of them. The data is recorded from a night time reading and stored for analysis. Figures released indicate a 0.81 degree temp. rise per decade over the last 40 years.
Tahoe, uniquely, has had a temp rise somewhat less: about 1 degree over the last 40 years. So, we local folks have been correct in assuming that the swimming experience(during summer months) has been different these past few decades. Why when I was a child, going in the water above your knees was unheard of- one couldn't survive such an effort-too,too cold! Now, not so cold. Over at Sierra Nevada College, researchers have been studying these data points and they are thinking deeply about the serious implications of them.
Could it affect the fish, the color, the forests, the bears? Maybe this temp rise is causing the bears to get a little crazy in the basin. Who knows? It must be something that makes them break into homes around the shoreline. More research is on the horizon.
Keep your eye out.