Authors
Rachel M Pilla, Craig E Williamson, Boris V Adamovich, Rita Adrian, Orlane Anneville, Sudeep Chandra, William Colom-Montero, Shawn P Devlin, Margaret A Dix, Martin T Dokulil, Evelyn E Gaiser, Scott F Girdner, K David Hambright, David P Hamilton, Karl Havens, Dag O Hessen, Scott N Higgins, Timo H Huttula, Hannu Huuskonen, Peter DF Isles, Klaus D Joehnk, Ian D Jones, Wendel Bill Keller, Lesley B Knoll, Johanna Korhonen, Benjamin M Kraemer, Peter R Leavitt, Fabio Lepori, Martin S Luger, Stephen C Maberly, John M Melack, Stephanie J Melles, Dörthe C Müller-Navarra, Don C Pierson, Helen V Pislegina, Pierre-Denis Plisnier, David C Richardson, Alon Rimmer, Michela Rogora, James A Rusak, Steven Sadro, Nico Salmaso, Jasmine E Saros, Émilie Saulnier-Talbot, Daniel E Schindler, Martin Schmid, Svetlana V Shimaraeva, Eugene A Silow, Lewis M Sitoki, Ruben Sommaruga, Dietmar Straile, Kristin E Strock, Wim Thiery, Maxim A Timofeyev, Piet Verburg, Rolf D Vinebrooke, Gesa A Weyhenmeyer, Egor Zadereev
Publication date
2020/11/25
Journal
Scientific Reports
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
20514
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK
Description
Globally, lake surface water temperatures have warmed rapidly relative to air temperatures, but changes in deepwater temperatures and vertical thermal structure are still largely unknown. We have compiled the most comprehensive data set to date of long-term (1970–2009) summertime vertical temperature profiles in lakes across the world to examine trends and drivers of whole-lake vertical thermal structure. We found significant increases in surface water temperatures across lakes at an average rate of + 0.37 °C decade−1, comparable to changes reported previously for other lakes, and similarly consistent trends of increasing water column stability (+ 0.08 kg m−3 decade−1). In contrast, however, deepwater temperature trends showed little change on average (+ 0.06 °C decade−1), but had high variability across lakes, with trends in individual lakes ranging from − 0.68 °C decade−1 to + 0.65 °C decade−1 …
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