Scientists' warning to humanity: rapid degradation of the world's large lakes

JP Jenny, O Anneville, F Arnaud, Y Baulaz… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2020 - Elsevier
Large lakes of the world are habitats for diverse species, including endemic taxa, and are
valuable resources that provide humanity with many ecosystem services. They are also …

First human impacts and responses of aquatic systems: A review of palaeolimnological records from around the world

N Dubois, É Saulnier-Talbot, K Mills… - The Anthropocene …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Lake sediments constitute natural archives of past environmental changes. Historically,
research has focused mainly on generating regional climate records, but records of human …

Climate-driven deoxygenation of northern lakes

J Jansen, GL Simpson, GA Weyhenmeyer… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Oxygen depletion constitutes a major threat to lake ecosystems and the services they
provide. Most of the world's lakes are located> 45° N, where accelerated climate warming …

Climatic versus anthropogenic controls of decadal trends (1983–2017) in algal blooms in lakes and reservoirs across China

K Song, C Fang, PA Jacinthe, Z Wen… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
The proliferation of algal blooms (ABs) in lakes and reservoirs (L&Rs) poses a threat to
water quality and the ecological health of aquatic communities. With global climate change …

Unexpected spatial stability of water chemistry in headwater stream networks

BW Abbott, G Gruau, JP Zarnetske, F Moatar… - Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how water and solutes enter and propagate through freshwater landscapes
in the Anthropocene is critical to protecting and restoring aquatic ecosystems and ensuring …

Low buffering capacity and slow recovery of anthropogenic phosphorus pollution in watersheds

JO Goyette, EM Bennett, R Maranger - Nature Geoscience, 2018 - nature.com
Excess anthropogenic phosphorus in watersheds, transported with runoff, can result in
aquatic eutrophication, a serious global water quality concern. Watersheds can retain …

Mechanistic insights into organic carbon-driven water blackening and odorization of urban rivers

Z Liang, W Fang, Y Luo, Q Lu, P Juneau, Z He… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
With rapid global urbanization, massive anthropogenic inputs of organic matter and
inorganic nutrients are resulting in severe pollution of urban rivers and consequently altering …

Assessing the response of micro-eukaryotic diversity to the Great Acceleration using lake sedimentary DNA

F Keck, L Millet, D Debroas, D Etienne, D Galop… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Long-term time series have provided evidence that anthropogenic pressures can threaten
lakes. Yet it remains unclear how and the extent to which lake biodiversity has changed …

Trends and seasonality of river nutrients in agricultural catchments: 18 years of weekly citizen science in France

BW Abbott, F Moatar, O Gauthier, O Fovet… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Agriculture and urbanization have disturbed three-quarters of global ice-free land surface,
delivering huge amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus to freshwater ecosystems. These …

Human and climate global-scale imprint on sediment transfer during the Holocene

JP Jenny, S Koirala, I Gregory-Eaves… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Accelerated soil erosion has become a pervasive feature on landscapes around the world
and is recognized to have substantial implications for land productivity, downstream water …