Underwater robot measures Lake Tahoe climate change
By Vicki Gonzalez, KCRA-TV
UC Davis is using an underwater robot with the hopes of understanding how climate change is affecting Lake Tahoe.
Tahoe Environmental Research Center deployed the autonomous underwater vehicle earlier this month.
More commonly known as a glider, the autonomous vehicle will coast 150 meters under Lake Tahoe’s surface, going back-and-forth taking measurements.
The robot will continuously measure the lake’s temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll, among other data, broadcasting the information back to researchers.