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Throughout this article, Sahoo and Schladow analyze and investigate the impact of climate change in Nevada, California's Lake Tahoe as a case study on effects of climte change on the the physical processes occurring within lakes " (Sahoo & Schladow, 2008). On a previous study during the period 1969-2002, the effect of global warming on Lake Tahoe was investigated and results showed that during that time, the lake became warmer and more stable (Sahoo & Schladow, 2008). In respect to the data that was collected, measures predicted that after 40 years the lake's temperature will remain stable (Sahoo & Schladow, 2008). However, Sahoo and Schlado claim that nowadays climate change plays a major role in changing the predicted data in respect to
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