Lake Tahoe: The Science and the Hype of being North America’s Oldest Lake
June 24, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Lake Tahoe is a stunning scenery rich in colors, textures and appearances. It can now add oldest permanent freshwater lake in North America to it’s list of accolades. This new discovery is due to the groundbreaking research by Western Nevada College Professor of Geosciences Dr. Winnie Kortemeier.
Join us for Dr. Kortemeier will explain the science behind her discovery — and the hype — of one of the world’s oldest permanent freshwater lakes. The largest alpine lake in North America was created during the Pleistocene era, also known as the Ice Age, roughly 10,000 to 2.6 million years ago. Through radiometric dating of rocks and examining the basalt that has interacted with the water of Lake Tahoe during her 20 years of Lake Tahoe research, Dr. Kortemeier determined that the lake is at least 2.3 million years old.
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In-person event details
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Presentation begins at 6:00 p.m.
Tickets purchased in advance are $10 through EventBrite and free for students with a student ID. Tickets at the door are $15. Refreshments and a no-host bar will be available from 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. The lecture will begin at 6 p.m. in the Tahoe Center for Environmental Science on the UNR Lake Tahoe Campus.
For more information call 775-881-7560 or email tercinfo@ucdavis.edu.
Unable to make it in person? Join us at the specified date and time for a zoom webinar of the presentation: coming soon.
