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 …

The wide distribution of natural lakes over the Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest
plateau on Earth, have received extensive attention due to global warming. In this Review …

Chapter 2, building on prior assessments1, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Large shallow lake refers to a polymictic system that is often well mixed without stratification
during summer. Similar to a small and deep lake, a large and shallow lake has a high …

Droughts occur naturally, but climate change has generally accelerated the hydrological
processes to make them set in quicker and become more intense, with many consequences …

Lakes are sensitive indicators of anthropogenic climate change and also respond to direct
human activities. Yet, long-term lake inventories and quantitative evaluation of the factors …

Water clarity is a well-established first-order indicator of water quality and has been used
globally by water regulators in their monitoring and management programs. Assessments of …

Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP), the highest and largest plateau in the world, with complex
and competing cryospheric‐hydrologic‐geodynamic processes, is particularly sensitive to …

Abstract The Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountains represent one of the largest ice
masses of the Earth. The region, referred to by scientists as the Third Pole, covering 5 million …