Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala
iqbal@ucr.edu
951-827-6050
University of California - Riverside

Pear Lake

Caption: Because of extensive bedrock and little soil, Sierra Nevada lakes are very sensitive to changing climate and increased atmospheric fallout of nutrients.

Credit: James Sickman, UC Riverside.

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