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一个清澈的蓝色湖泊位于前景中广阔的干燥土地和背景中高耸的灰色山脉之间,山脉的底部覆盖着常绿的树木。
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地震如何改变湖泊微生物群落

by Rebecca Owen 6 August 20256 August 2025

提示:地震发生后,湖泊的地质、化学和生物成分会重新配置。一项新的研究深入探讨了地震变化对喜马拉雅地区措普湖的影响。

A clear blue lake lies between an expanse of dry dirt in the foreground and towering gray mountains whose lower reaches are covered in evergreen trees in the background.
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How Earthquakes Shake Up Microbial Lake Communities

by Rebecca Owen 24 July 20256 August 2025

After an earthquake, a lake’s geological, chemical, and biological components get reconfigured. A new study dives into the effects of seismic shifts on the Himalayas’ Lake Cuopu.

Clear water in Lake Tahoe with granite boulders and Sierra Nevada mountains in the background
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Precipitation Extremes Drive Swings in Lake Tahoe’s UV Exposure

by Andrew Chapman 26 June 202526 June 2025

An 18-year study reveals dramatic year-to-year variations in ultraviolet radiation penetration tied to Sierra Nevada precipitation cycles.

Map of Lake Geneva and surrounding catchments.
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Organic Radiocarbon Reveals its Inorganic Ancestry in Lake Geneva

by Maximilian Lau 6 May 20256 May 2025

Organic and inorganic radiocarbon ages resolve the origin and dynamics of carbon in the largest natural lake of Western Europe.

Map of a study region and photo of a canoe in a river.
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Strange Branching of Water Flows Through Rivers and Lakes

by Georgia Destouni 8 April 20253 April 2025

Sometimes rivers split into branches in unusual ways, reflecting the complexity of Earth’s water system on land and how much we still must learn about it.

Una montaña, un glaciar y el cielo azul se ven refleados en un tranquilo lago.
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Los lagos y estanques de Alaska revelan los efectos del derretimiento del permafrost

by Saima May Sidik 21 March 202521 March 2025

Un nuevo conjunto de datos proporciona un método poderoso para rastrear fácilmente los cambios en el permafrost.

Un lago rodeado por montañas rocosas
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El ADN de los sedimentos lacustres revelan el impacto de los peces introducidos

by Jasmin Galvan 5 March 20255 March 2025

La trucha no nativa ha alterado la diversidad del zooplancton que habita en los lagos de gran elevación.

People on a rubber raft collecting water samples from a brown lake
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Extreme Heat and Rain Turned These Arctic Lakes Brown

by Larissa G. Capella 3 March 20253 March 2025

Scientists are stunned by the changes in multiple Arctic lakes, all transforming in the same way.

A mountain, glacier, and blue sky are reflected in the surface of a calm lake.
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Alaska’s Lakes and Ponds Reveal Effects of Permafrost Thaw

by Saima May Sidik 19 February 202521 March 2025

A new dataset provides a powerful method for easily tracking changes in permafrost.

Aerial view of a large, flat body of water among some mountain ranges
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The Deleterious Dust of the Salton Sea

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 30 January 202530 January 2025

Coarse particulate matter deriving from California’s largest lake is linked to an increased risk of respiratory-related hospitalizations.

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