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Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe

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2015-12-16
Time span for which resource(publication) is relevant. IAA with USGS Univ. of Washington
2014-06-01
Time span for which resource(publication) is relevant. IAA with USGS Univ. of Washington
2017-01-13

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LCC Network Data Steward(Point of Contact), Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative(administrator), Joel Reynolds(Cooperator/Partner), Patrick Walsh(Cooperator/Partner), University of Washington(Principal Investigator), Daniel Schindler(Principal Investigator), U.S. Geological Survey(Principal Investigator), Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative(funder), Peter Lisi(Author), Adrianne P. Smits(Author), Sapna Sharma(Author), Catherine M O'Reilly(Author), 2015-12-16(Publication), Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe, https://www.fws.gov/science/catalog, https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5a0aec67e4b09af898cb62dc

Summary

In this first worldwide synthesis of in situ and satellite-derived lake data, we find that lakesummer surface water temperatures rose rapidly (global mean = 0.34°C decade1) between 1985 and2009. Our analyses show that surface water warming rates are dependent on combinations of climate andlocal characteristics, rather than just lake location, leading to the counterintuitive result that regionalconsistency in lake warming is the exception, rather than the rule. The most rapidly warming lakes are widelygeographically distributed, and their warming is associated with interactions among different climatic factors—from seasonally ice-covered lakes in areas where temperature and solar radiation are increasing whilecloud cover is diminishing [...]

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