Mountain lakes are often situated in protected natural areas, a feature that leads to their role
as sentinels of global environmental change. Despite variations in latitude, mountain lakes …

Mountains are an essential component of the global life-support system. They are
characterized by a rugged, heterogenous landscape with rapidly changing environmental …

The cryosphere (including, snow, glaciers, permafrost, lake and river ice) is an integral
element of high mountain regions, which are home to roughly 10% of the global population …

Lake surfaces are warming worldwide, raising concerns about lake organism responses to
thermal habitat changes. Species may cope with temperature increases by shifting their …

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 …

Lake thermal dynamics have been considerably impacted by climate change, with potential
adverse effects on aquatic ecosystems. To better understand the potential impacts of future …

One major goal in microbial ecology is to establish the importance of deterministic and
stochastic processes for community assembly. This is relevant to explain and predict how …

Global warming has been monitored for many years. The increase in air temperature and
changes in the distribution and frequency of high temperatures are recorded continually …

Water bodies around the world are currently warming with unprecedented rates since
observations started, but warming occurs highly variable among ecoregions. So far …

Formation and extinction of thermal stratifications impact the reservoir ecosystems and have
been closely influenced by meteorological and hydrological factors. However, quantifying …