Micah’s research centers on the threats posed to lake ecosystems from declining dissolved oxygen in their deep waters, and the role that climate change and land-use may play in this. The four lakes that are at the core of his work are Lake Tahoe (CA-NV), a high altitude oligotrophic lake with strong development pressures over the last 60 years; Clear Lake (CA) a hyper-eutrophic and severely impacted lake in California’s coastal range, with a long history of human development, agriculture, and mining; and two nearpristine lakes in Northern Patagonia, Lake Llanquihue, and Lake Ranco, which are seeking to emulate practices at Lake Tahoe in anticipation of impending development pressure and climate change.