Lakes in hot water: the impacts of a changing climate on aquatic ecosystems

RI Woolway, S Sharma, JP Smol - BioScience, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Our planet is being subjected to unprecedented climate change, with far-reaching social and
ecological repercussions. Below the waterline, aquatic ecosystems are being affected by …

Recent advancement in water quality indicators for eutrophication in global freshwater lakes

K Suresh, T Tang, MTH Van Vliet… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Eutrophication is a major global concern in lakes, caused by excessive nutrient loadings
(nitrogen and phosphorus) from human activities and likely exacerbated by climate change …

New York State Climate Impacts Assessment Chapter 02: New York State's Changing Climate

C Lamie, D Bader, K Graziano, R Horton, K John… - 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many fundamental aspects of New York State's climate have already begun to change, and
the changes are projected to continue—and in some cases, accelerate—throughout the 21st …

The response of aquatic ecosystems to the interactive effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and climate change

PJ Neale, CE Williamson, AT Banaszak… - Photochemical & …, 2023 - Springer
Variations in stratospheric ozone and changes in the aquatic environment by climate
change and human activity are modifying the exposure of aquatic ecosystems to UV …

Longer duration of seasonal stratification contributes to widespread increases in lake hypoxia and anoxia

SF Jane, JL Mincer, MP Lau, ASL Lewis… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The concentration of dissolved oxygen (DO) is an important attribute of aquatic ecosystems,
influencing habitat, drinking water quality, biodiversity, nutrient biogeochemistry, and …

The pace of shifting seasons in lakes

RI Woolway - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Lake ecosystems are vulnerable to seasonal thermal cues, with subtle alterations in the
timing of seasonal temperatures having a dramatic influence on aquatic species. Here, a …

Earlier ice loss accelerates lake warming in the Northern Hemisphere

X Li, S Peng, Y Xi, RI Woolway, G Liu - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
How lake temperatures across large geographic regions are responding to widespread
alterations in ice phenology (ie, the timing of seasonal ice formation and loss) remains …

A framework for ensemble modelling of climate change impacts on lakes worldwide: the ISIMIP Lake Sector

M Golub, W Thiery, R Marcé, D Pierson… - Geoscientific Model …, 2022 - gmd.copernicus.org
Empirical evidence demonstrates that lakes and reservoirs are warming across the globe.
Consequently, there is an increased need to project future changes in lake thermal structure …

Multivariable integrated risk assessment for cyanobacterial blooms in eutrophic lakes and its spatiotemporal characteristics

S Wang, X Zhang, C Wang, N Chen - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change has catalyzed the global expansion of cyanobacterial blooms in eutrophic,
lakes and threatens water security. In most studies, the cyanobacterial bloom risk levels in …

Emergence of lake conditions that exceed natural temperature variability

L Huang, RI Woolway, A Timmermann, SS Lee… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Lake surface temperatures are projected to increase under climate change, which could
trigger shifts in the future distribution of thermally sensitive aquatic species. Of particular …