“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.”
– C. S. Lewis
THE DATA
From 2000 to 2019, the average clarity of 152 large lakes on the Tibetan pleateau increased by 62.7 centimeters, or 26.5 inches.
From 2015 to 2022, water clarity increased in three of five or 60% of lakes surveyed in Wisconsin.
From 2015 to 2022, the average increase in water clarity in the three of five lakes surveyed in Wisconsin was 5 centimeters.
From 2015 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin increased by 3.7% , from 84.7 centimeters to 87.8 centimeters.
From 2015 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Monona, Wisconsin increased by 7.5%, from 94.5 centimeters to 101.6 centimeters.
From 2015 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Wingra, Wisconsin increased by 3.7%, from 107.3 centimeters to 111.3 centimeters.
From 2015 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Waubesa, Wisconsin decreased by 8.9%, from 90.4 centimeters to 82.35 centimeters.
From 2015 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Kegonsa, Wisconsin decreased by 7.9%, from 85.7 centimeters to 78.9 centimeters.
From 2017 to 2018, Lake Tahoe’s water clarity increased by 17%, from 60.4 feet to 70.9 feet. UC Davis described it as “a 10.5-foot increase”.
From 2017 to 2021, Lake Tahoe’s water clarity increased by 1%, from 60.4 feet to 61 feet. Thisisreno.com desribed it as “Lake Tahoe water clarity stable.”
From 2020 to 2021, the 600,000-pound decrease in fine sediment pollution in Lake Taho was 15% greater than the 523,000-pound decrease from 2019 to 2020. Thisisreno.com said it was because of “reducing urban stormwater pollution and preventing other pollutants from reaching Tahoe’s waters”.
From 2021 to 2022, water clarity increased in four of five, or 80% of lakes surveyed in Wisconsin.
From 2021 to 2022, the 8.4 centimeter average increase in water clarity in the five lakes surveyed in Wisconsin was 68% greater than their 5-centimeter average increase from 2015 to 2022.
Water clarity in Wiscon is increasing exponentially, going forward in time.
From 2021 to 2022, the 80% of lakes with water clarity increases in Wisconsin was 33% greater than the 60% of lakes with water clarity increases in Wisconsin from 2015 to 2022.
Water clarity in Wisconsin is increasing very significantly, going forward in time.
From 2021 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin increased by .9%, from 87 centimeters to 87.8 centimeters.
From 2021 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Monona, Wisconsin increased by 20.8%, from 84.1 centimeters to 101.6 centimeters.
From 2021 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Wingra, Wisconsin increased by 9.1%, from 102 centimeters to 111.3 centimeters.
From 2021 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Waubesa, Wisconsin increased by 2.9%, from 80 centimeters to 82.35 centimeters.
From 2021 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Kegonsa, Wisconsin decreased by .4%, from 79.2 centimeters to 78.9 centimeters.
From 2021 to 2022, the average increase in water clarity in the five lakes surveyed in Wisconsin was 8.4 centimeters.
In March 2022, the first lake clarity measurement for Lake Tahoe for the year was 138 feet, the second deepest since records began in 1968, the best being 142 feet on Feb. 8, 1968.
On July 15, 2022, SF Gate said “Lake Tahoe’s clarity hasn’t changed in decades”.
THE ARTICLES
In February 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment published Chong Liu’s “The increasing water clarity of Tibetan lakes over last 20 years according to MODIS data”.
The study goes on to say “The mean SD of all 152 lakes significantly increased at a rate of 0.033 m/year (95% CI, 0.021–0.045; P < 0.01) between 2000 and 2019.”
Chong Liu has written a hit-piece disguised as a scientific study. It creates a broad-brush, long-term picture, which, while factual, obscures the sudden, recent, exponential changes in water clarity that I’m documenting here. Can you see how it said it was .033 meters per year? He’s written it to appear small, and has, at all costs, omitted the far more impactful statistic that I was forced to do the math to learn. That’s an example of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
From 2000 to 2019, the average clarity of 152 large lakes on the Tibetan pleateau increased by 62.7 centimeters, or 26.5 inches.
Did you notice how, despite professing to being an environmental scientist by trade, Chong Liu didn’t give you anything to compare the improvement to? That’s an example of the propanda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
It’s 3.3 centimeters per year.
On August 17, 2022, thisisreno.com headlined an article about increasing water clarity in Lake Tahoe with “Lake Tahoe water clarity stable according to latest report”.
The uncredited author tacked “according to latest report” on the end to give the subconscious of the Coincidence theorist reader the green light to say “oh, but that was just one report!” or “oh, but they can make those water clarity reports say anything”.
As propagandists, they know that many or most readers will grasp virtually any straw, no matter how thin, to remain off the hook of personal responsibility.
For those unaware, anytime an author is uncredited, it is proof that said author is an Intelligence operative.
The uncredited Inteligence operative from the State propaganda organ known as thisisreno.com goes on to say “Lake Tahoe’s water clarity is no longer declining, according to researchers who’ve been tracking the lake’s water quality for at least two decades. In 2021, the lake’s water clarity measured 61 feet.”
Where “no longer declining is Mil-speak for increasing by some obfuscated amount.”
The article goes on to say “In 2021 fine sediment pollution in the lake was reduced by nearly 600,000 pounds — about the same mass as 206 cars — an increase over the 2020 reduction of 523,000 pounds.”
Where the uncredited propagandist used “by nearly 600,000 pounds - about the same mass as 206 cars” to stupefy the drool cup-wearing folks in the Punch and Judy tent. Here’s how an honest person would have written it:
From 2020 to 2021, the 600,000-pound decrease in fine sediment pollution in Lake Taho was 15% greater than the 523,000-pound decrease from 2019 to 2020. Thisisreno.com said it was because of “reducing urban stormwater pollution and preventing other pollutants from reaching Tahoe’s waters”.
I had to look up another article to learn “Lake Tahoe’s clarity improved by 10.5 feet last year”. The article goes on to say “The annual report by UC Davis researchers found the average clarity level in 2018 was 70.9 feet, a 10.5-foot increase from 2017.”
Despite being scientists for a living, the UC Davis researchers omitted the far more impactful percentage decrease. That’s an example of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
So, I had to do the math to learn that, from 2017 to 2018, Lake Tahoe’s water clarity increase by 17%, from 60.4 feet to 70.9 feet. UC Davis described it as “a 10.5-foot increase”.
From 2017 to 2021, Lake Tahoe’s water clarity increased by 1%, from 60.4 feet to 61 feet. Thisisreno.com desribed it as “Lake Tahoe water clarity stable”.
What makes this propaganda so truly spectacular may be discerned from this story from March 15, 2022, which, for those keeping score, is five months prior to the This Is Reno hit piece saying that the clarity in Lake Tahoe was “stable”:
“The first lake clarity measurement for 2022 was just taken and the Secchi disk was visible at an astounding 138 feet below the lake surface. That is the second deepest measurement recorded since routine monitoring started in 1968, the best being 142 feet on Feb. 8, 1968.”.
On November 22, 2022, cleanlakesalliance.org said “2022 WATER QUALITY MONITORING RESULTS”.
Can you see how, despite professing to love them some water clarity like it is, in fact, their job, Clean Lakes Alliance wrote the headline in such a way that you cannot tell the story is about exponentially increasing water clarity? That’s an example of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
As a bonus, they also omit any mention of geography, to make the subject virtually unscearchable. That’s another example of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
Buried way, way down in the body of the article, w get to:
2022 Monitoring - Table 3 - Clarity by lake
Table 3. Average clarity on each lakes since 2015 relative to long-term median clarity readings (units shown in cm as measured by a 120-cm turbidity tube)
The lakes are Mendota, Monona, Wingra, Waubesa, and Kegonsa.
Using a time-honored propaganda technique, the uncredited author from cleanlakesalliance.org provided a bunch of figures, but studiously withheld the far more impactful percentage increases between them. That’s an example of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
From 2015 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin increased by 3.7%, from 84.7 centimeters to 87.8 centimeters.
From 2015 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Monona, Wisconsin increased by 7.5%, from 94.5 centimeters to 101.6 centimeters.
From 2015 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Wingra, Wisconsin increased by 3.7%, from 107.3 centimeters to 111.3 centimeters.
From 2015 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Waubesa, Wisconsin decreased by 8.9%, from 90.4 centimeters to 82.35 centimeters.
From 2015 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Kegonsa, Wisconsin decreased by 7.9%, from 85.7 centimeters to 78.9 centimeters.
From 2021 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin increased by .9%, from 87 centimeters to 87.8 centimeters.
From 2021 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Monona, Wisconsin increased by 20.8%, from 84.1 centimeters to 101.6 centimeters.
From 2021 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Wingra, Wisconsin increased by 9.1%, from 102 centimeters to 111.3 centimeters.
From 2021 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Waubesa, Wisconsin increased by 2.9%, from 80 centimeters to 82.35 centimeters.
From 2021 to 2022, the water clarity in Lake Kegonsa, Wisconsin decreased by .4%, from 79.2 centimeters to 78.9 centimeters.
Jeff Miller, Libertyville, IL, January 9, 2022
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