It seems that people, at least in part, are to blame for lakes getting warmer and for reduced ice cover.
At least, that is what a study in the journal Nature Geoscience concluded.
The paper published last year called “Attribution of global lake systems change to anthropogenic forcing” states that because of human-induced climate change, lakes are experiencing warmer water temperatures with lake ice-cover forming later and melting earlier. Read more on the Love Your Lake Blog >
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Terri-Lee Reid
Terri-Lee Reid is a Freshwater Conservation Researcher at the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF). She leads initiatives in researching, designing and delivering freshwater programs and advocating CWF’s freshwater positions to government, the public and other stakeholders.
