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Tip of a small boat leads into the placid near shore of a forested lake.
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Fieldwork in the Experimental Lakes Area Adapts to COVID-19

by Lesley Evans Ogden 3 June 202022 October 2021

Though anticipating long days and hard work as a few key crew members do the job of many, researchers heading to the lakes this summer are excited to leave the house.

Placid view of Lake Windermere, Cumbria, and low rolling hills
Posted inNews

New Classification System for Lakes Forecasts a Warming Trend

by Tim Hornyak 2 April 2020

Researchers devised a system of nine thermal categories for lakes and estimate that 79% of northern frigid lakes could become warmer types.

Lake shoreline with vegetation at sunset
Posted inNews

Dire and Drier Future for Lake Victoria

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 November 201925 November 2019

In the past, Lake Victoria dried out swiftly and often when rainfall was limited. Climate change might bring about those conditions again within a century.

A small wave, green with algae, crashes on the beach of Lake Erie.
Posted inNews

Toxic Algal Blooms Are Worsening with Climate Change

by Kate Wheeling 13 November 201913 November 2019

Researchers use remote sensing technology to carry out a global survey of large freshwater lakes.

Flooding at a home on the Saint Lawrence River.
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What Caused the Ongoing Flooding on Lake Ontario?

by JoAnna Wendel 3 August 201728 September 2021

The floodwaters have also affected residents downstream along the Saint Lawrence River. Although politicians quickly blamed regulations, scientists say it was a perfect storm of natural factors.

A new study shows the role of small, still-water wetlands in combating algae growth.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Small Wetlands Retain Lion’s Share of Nutrients

by S. Witman 31 July 201715 August 2017

Still-water ecosystems are key to combating explosive algae growth.

For 17,000 years, rain has washed sediments down the slopes of New Zealand’s Southern Alps, depositing them in Lake Ohau.
Posted inScience Updates

Shifting Winds Write Their History on a New Zealand Lake Bed

by G. B. Dunbar, M. J. Vandergoes and R. H. Levy 16 May 201728 September 2021

A team of scientists finds a year-by-year record of climate history spanning the past 17,000 years at the bottom of a South Island lake.

Researchers conduct a lake survey in front of Glaciar Perito Moreno.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

In Patagonian Lakes, Glacial Meltwater Lies Low

by Sarah Stanley 12 May 201712 May 2017

A new study reveals key differences in ice-water interactions between glaciers that flow into lakes and glaciers that end in the sea.

Environmental data buoy at Granite Island Light Station, a Great Lakes Evaporation Network site on Lake Superior.
Posted inScience Updates

Predicting a Great Lake's Response to a Warm Winter

by J. D. Lenters, P. D. Blanken and B. Kerkez 11 November 2016

The Superior Challenge Summit: Forecasting El Niño's Impact on the World's Largest Lake; Ann Arbor, Michigan, 17–19 May 2016

Posted inScience Updates

Crossing the Boundaries of Physical Limnology

by M. Toffolon, S. Piccolroaz and D. Bouffard 4 November 201414 March 2016

17th International Workshop on Physical Processes in Natural Waters;
Trento, Italy, 1–4 July 2014

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