Global lake responses to climate change

RI Woolway, BM Kraemer, JD Lenters… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Climate change is one of the most severe threats to global lake ecosystems. Lake surface
conditions, such as ice cover, surface temperature, evaporation and water level, respond …

Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes

JD Stockwell, JP Doubek, R Adrian… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In many regions across the globe, extreme weather events such as storms have increased in
frequency, intensity, and duration due to climate change. Ecological theory predicts that …

Phenological shifts in lake stratification under climate change

RI Woolway, S Sharma, GA Weyhenmeyer… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
One of the most important physical characteristics driving lifecycle events in lakes is
stratification. Already subtle variations in the timing of stratification onset and break-up …

Global lake thermal regions shift under climate change

SC Maberly, RA O'Donnell, RI Woolway… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Water temperature is critical for the ecology of lakes. However, the ability to predict its spatial
and seasonal variation is constrained by the lack of a thermal classification system. Here we …

Earlier ice loss accelerates lake warming in the Northern Hemisphere

X Li, S Peng, Y **, RI Woolway, G Liu - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
How lake temperatures across large geographic regions are responding to widespread
alterations in ice phenology (ie, the timing of seasonal ice formation and loss) remains …

Classifying mixing regimes in ponds and shallow lakes

MA Holgerson, DC Richardson, J Roith… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lakes are classified by thermal mixing regimes, with shallow waterbodies historically
categorized as continuously mixing systems. Yet, recent studies demonstrate extended …

[HTML][HTML] Floating photovoltaics could mitigate climate change impacts on water body temperature and stratification

G Exley, A Armstrong, T Page, ID Jones - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Floating solar photovoltaics, or floatovoltaics (FPV), are a relatively new form of renewable
energy, currently experiencing rapid growth in deployment. FPV decarbonises the energy …

Northern hemisphere atmospheric stilling accelerates lake thermal responses to a warming world

RI Woolway, CJ Merchant… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change, in particular the increase in air temperature, has been shown to influence
lake thermal dynamics, with climatic warming resulting in higher surface temperatures …

Ensemble modeling of global lake evaporation under climate change

S La Fuente, E Jennings, JD Lenters, P Verburg… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Global projections of lake evaporation are typically based on simulations using single
mechanistic models. However, because of its complex interactions with various lake …