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 …

In this overview (introductory article to a special issue including 14 papers), we consider all
main types of natural and artificial inland freshwater habitas (fwh). For each type, we identify …

While there is a general sense that lakes can act as sentinels of climate change, their
efficacy has not been thoroughly analyzed. We identified the key response variables within a …

Mountain ecosystems are sensitive and reliable indicators of climate change. Long-term
studies may be extremely useful in assessing the responses of high-elevation ecosystems to …

Globally, lake surface water temperatures have warmed rapidly relative to air temperatures,
but changes in deepwater temperatures and vertical thermal structure are still largely …

This text, written by a leading researcher in the field, describes the origin and formation of
lakes in order to give context to the question of how lacustrine deposits form. It explains the …

Based on conclusions drawn from general climatic impact assessmentin mountain regions,
the review synthesizes results relevant to the European Alps published mainly from 1994 …

Executive summary Physical and biological systems on all continents and in most oceans
are already being affected by recent climate changes, particularly regional temperature …

Lakes systems respond physically, chemically and biologically to changes in climate and
these responses are registered in many various ways in lake sediment records. This paper …

Over recent decades, palaeolimnological records from remote sites have provided
convincing evidence for the onset and development of several facets of global …