Article
Environmental Sciences
Siyi Wang, Yongli He, Shujuan Hu, Fei Ji, Bin Wang, Xiaodan Guan, Sebastiano Piccolroaz
Summary: Lake surface water temperature is highly sensitive to climate change and is found to be warming globally. The warming rate of global lakes varies by region, with dryland lakes experiencing more significant warming compared to semi-humid and humid regions. Air temperature is identified as the main driving force for lake warming. Future projections indicate that lake surface water temperature will continue to rise, especially in dryland areas.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Eric J. Anderson, Craig A. Stow, Andrew D. Gronewold, Lacey A. Mason, Michael J. McCormick, Song S. Qian, Steven A. Ruberg, Kyle Beadle, Stephen A. Constant, Nathan Hawley
Summary: This study analyzes three decades of high frequency subsurface water temperature data from Lake Michigan, showing that deep water temperatures are rising in the winter. The data reveals precise measurements of key points in the lake's temperature changes, suggesting shifts in thermal regimes could have profound impacts on freshwater ecosystems.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xiwen Wang, Kun Shi, Yunlin Zhang, Boqiang Qin, Yibo Zhang, Weijia Wang, R. Iestyn Woolway, Shilong Piao, Erik Jeppesen
Summary: Climate change could threaten global lake ecosystems by warming lake surface water and increasing lake heatwave occurrences. A model-data integration approach revealed that lake surface waters have warmed at a rate of 0.11℃ per decade from 1980 to 2021. The durations of lake heatwaves have also increased at a rate of 7.7 days per decade. Under high greenhouse gas emissions, lake surface temperature and lake heatwave duration are projected to increase significantly by the end of the 21st century.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xinyu Li, Shushi Peng, Yi Xi, R. Iestyn Woolway, Gang Liu
Summary: The excess lake surface warming during ice-off and ice-on month due to earlier ice loss and later ice formation across the Northern Hemisphere has been shown. The contribution of long-term variations in lake ice seasonality to surface water temperature trends has been investigated, and an 8-day advancement in the average timing of ice break-up has been found to play a predominant role in the excess warming. The projected future alterations in lake ice phenology may further amplify the excess lake warming.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Gretchen J. A. Hansen
Summary: Research has quantified the change in thermal habitat of lakes worldwide, indicating that season or depth restrictions may exacerbate thermal habitat change.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rachel M. Pilla, Elizabeth M. Mette, Craig E. Williamson, Boris V. Adamovich, Rita Adrian, Orlane Anneville, Esteban Balseiro, Syuhei Ban, Sudeep Chandra, William Colom-Montero, Shawn P. Devlin, Margaret A. Dix, Martin T. Dokulil, Natalie A. Feldsine, Heidrun Feuchtmayr, Natalie K. Fogarty, Evelyn E. Gaiser, Scott F. Girdner, Maria J. Gonzalez, K. David Hambright, David P. Hamilton, Karl Havens, Dag O. Hessen, Harald Hetzenauer, Scott N. Higgins, Timo H. Huttula, Hannu Huuskonen, Peter D. F. Isles, Klaus D. Joehnk, Wendel Bill Keller, Jen Klug, Lesley B. Knoll, Johanna Korhonen, Nikolai M. Korovchinsky, Oliver Koster, Benjamin M. Kraemer, Peter R. Leavitt, Barbara Leoni, Fabio Lepori, Ekaterina V. Lepskaya, Noah R. Lottig, Martin S. Luger, Stephen C. Maberly, Sally MacIntyre, Chris McBride, Peter McIntyre, Stephanie J. Melles, Beatriz Modenutti, Doerthe C. Mueller-Navarra, Laura Pacholski, Andrew M. Paterson, Don C. Pierson, Helen V. Pislegina, Pierre-Denis Plisnier, David C. Richardson, Alon Rimmer, Michela Rogora, Denis Y. Rogozin, James A. Rusak, Olga O. Rusanovskaya, Steve Sadro, Nico Salmaso, Jasmine E. Saros, Jouko Sarvala, Emilie Saulnier-Talbot, Daniel E. Schindler, Svetlana V. Shimaraeva, Eugene A. Silow, Lewis M. Sitoki, Ruben Sommaruga, Dietmar Straile, Kristin E. Strock, Hilary Swain, Jason M. Tallant, Wim Thiery, Maxim A. Timofeyev, Alexander P. Tolomeev, Koji Tominaga, Michael J. Vanni, Piet Verburg, Rolf D. Vinebrooke, Josef Wanzenbock, Kathleen Weathers, Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer, Egor S. Zadereev, Tatyana V. Zhukova
Summary: Climate change and other anthropogenic stressors have caused long-term changes in the thermal structure of many lakes globally, with surface temperatures increasing more significantly than full vertical thermal structure and deepwater temperatures. The data presented in this study can help us understand the changes and drivers of lake thermal structure.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Timothy M. Lenton, Chi Xu, Jesse F. Abrams, Ashish Ghadiali, Sina Loriani, Boris Sakschewski, Caroline Zimm, Kristie L. Ebi, Robert R. Dunn, Jens-Christian Svenning, Marten Scheffer
Summary: The costs of climate change are often expressed in monetary terms, but this brings up ethical concerns. This study calculates the costs in terms of the number of people excluded from the 'human climate niche', which represents the historically consistent distribution of population density with respect to temperature. It was found that current climate policies leading to 2.7 degrees C global warming by the end of the century could leave one-third of the global population outside this niche, emphasizing the urgency for decisive action to address climate change.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
W. J. Sydeman, D. S. Schoeman, S. A. Thompson, B. A. Hoover, M. Garcia-Reyes, F. Daunt, P. Agnew, T. Anker-Nilssen, C. Barbraud, R. Barrett, P. H. Becker, E. Bell, P. D. Boersma, S. Bouwhuis, B. Cannell, R. J. M. Crawford, P. Dann, K. Delord, G. Elliott, K. E. Erikstad, E. Flint, R. W. Furness, M. P. Harris, S. Hatch, K. Hilwig, J. T. Hinke, J. Jahncke, J. A. Mills, T. K. Reiertsen, H. Renner, R. B. Sherley, C. Surman, G. Taylor, J. A. Thayer, P. N. Trathan, E. Velarde, K. Walker, S. Wanless, P. Warzybok, Y. Watanuki
Summary: Climate change and human activities have profound effects on marine ecosystem productivity, particularly impacting seabird breeding success, with stronger effects on fish-eating species in the northern hemisphere; hence, ocean management at hemispheric scales and targeted recovery plans are necessary. In the southern hemisphere, lower changes in seabird productivity provide opportunities for strategic management approaches like establishing large marine protected areas to sustain food webs and predator productivity.
Review
Ecology
Austin R. Cruz, Goggy Davidowitz, Christopher M. Moore, Judith L. Bronstein
Summary: Predicting the impacts of global warming on mutualisms is a significant challenge, but crucial because all species depend on each other for survival and reproduction. The field of thermal ecology provides insights and tools to address this challenge.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Andres N. Molina, Jose M. Pulgar, Enrico L. Rezende, Mauricio J. Carter
Summary: Global warming has complex effects on the Antarctic continent, with Antarctic organisms exhibiting varying degrees of sensitivity to increasing temperatures.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Limnology
Rachel M. Pilla, Craig E. Williamson
Summary: This study found that reductions in ice cover duration and earlier ice breakup in lakes due to climate warming can lead to changes in the duration of spring mixing and summer stratification. The timing of ice breakup showed a relationship with spring mixing duration, with differences observed based on latitude. The projected earlier ice breakup could result in nonlinear changes in the relative duration of spring mixing and summer stratification, impacting oxygen depletion severity differently across latitudes.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Fredrik Jutfelt, Tommy Norin, Eirik R. Asheim, Lauren E. Rowsey, Anna H. Andreassen, Rachael Morgan, Timothy D. Clark, Ben Speers-Roesch
Summary: The research proposes a hypothesis about water-breathing ectothermic animals, suggesting that they regulate peak specific dynamic action response during times of warming by reducing meal sizes to protect postprandial residual aerobic scope, leading to reductions in growth.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Michael J. Williamson, Mariel T. ten Doeschate, Rob Deaville, Andrew C. Brownlow, Nicola L. Taylor
Summary: This study evaluates stranded cetacean data as a tool for monitoring climate change in marine environments in the UK. Results show an increasing proportion of stranded warm water adapted species over time. Differences can be detected between regions and 6-year periods, which can facilitate coordination with reporting cycles for policy assessment in the UK.
Review
Plant Sciences
Sonya R. Geange, Pieter A. Arnold, Alexandra A. Catling, Onoriode Coast, Alicia M. Cook, Kelli M. Gowland, Andrea Leigh, Rocco F. Notarnicola, Bradley C. Posch, Susanna E. Venn, Lingling Zhu, Adrienne B. Nicotra
Summary: Understanding plant thermal tolerance is crucial for predicting impacts of extreme temperature events, and setting research priorities in this area can stimulate efficient, reliable and repeatable research.
Article
Ecology
R. Quinn Thomas, Ryan P. McClure, Tadhg N. Moore, Whitney M. Woelmer, Carl Boettiger, Renato J. Figueiredo, Robert T. Hensley, Cayelan C. Carey
Summary: The standardized monitoring program of the US National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) provides an unprecedented opportunity to compare ecosystem predictability. In this study, we developed a near-term, iterative water temperature forecasting system for all six NEON lakes in the conterminous US. Using a process-based hydrodynamic model updated with observations, we generated 1-day-ahead to 35-days-ahead forecasts. The forecast accuracy was positively associated with lake depth and water clarity, while negatively associated with fetch and catchment size.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Limnology
Marie-Pier Hebert, Celia C. Symons, Miguel Canedo-Arguelles, Shelley E. Arnott, Alison M. Derry, Vincent Fugere, William D. Hintz, Stephanie J. Melles, Louis Astorg, Henry K. Baker, Jennifer A. Brentrup, Amy L. Downing, Zeynep Ersoy, Carmen Espinosa, Jaclyn M. Franceschini, Angelina T. Giorgio, Norman Gobeler, Derek K. Gray, Danielle Greco, Emily Hassal, Mercedes Huynh, Samuel Hylander, Kacie L. Jonasen, Andrea Kirkwood, Silke Langenheder, Ola Langvall, Hjalmar Laudon, Lovisa Lind, Maria Lundgren, Alexandra McClymont, Lorenzo Proia, Rick A. Relyea, James A. Rusak, Matthew S. Schuler, Catherine L. Searle, Jonathan B. Shurin, Christopher F. Steiner, Maren Striebel, Simon Thibodeau, Pablo Urrutia Cordero, Lidia Vendrell-Puigmitja, Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer, Beatrix E. Beisner
Summary: This study conducted a large-scale mesocosm experiment across multiple sites in North America and Europe to investigate the response of lake zooplankton communities to varying chloride concentrations. The findings suggest that crustaceans are more sensitive to elevated chloride levels than rotifers, and that there is a consistent decrease in abundance and taxon richness with increasing salinity across different taxonomic groups. However, functional diversity shows a weaker loss compared to taxonomic diversity.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Limnology
Shelley E. Arnott, Vincent Fugere, Celia C. Symons, Stephanie J. Melles, Beatrix E. Beisner, Miguel Canedo-Arguelles, Marie-Pier Hebert, Jennifer A. Brentrup, Amy L. Downing, Derek K. Gray, Danielle Greco, William D. Hintz, Alexandra McClymont, Rick A. Relyea, James A. Rusak, Catherine L. Searle, Louis Astorg, Henry K. Baker, Zeynep Ersoy, Carmen Espinosa, Jaclyn M. Franceschini, Angelina T. Giorgio, Norman Gobeler, Emily Hassal, Mercedes Huynh, Samuel Hylander, Kacie L. Jonasen, Andrea Kirkwood, Silke Langenheder, Ola Langvall, Hjalmar Laudon, Lovisa Lind, Maria Lundgren, Emma R. Moffett, Lorenzo Proia, Matthew S. Schuler, Jonathan B. Shurin, Christopher F. Steiner, Maren Striebel, Simon Thibodeau, Pablo Urrutia Cordero, Lidia Vendrell-Puigmitja, Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer, Alison M. Derry
Summary: The salinization of freshwaters poses a global threat to aquatic biodiversity. The study quantified the variation in chloride (Cl-) tolerance among 19 freshwater zooplankton species in four countries. The results showed high variation in Cl- tolerance among populations, with zooplankton community composition being the only factor that explained this variation. The large intraspecific variation in Cl- tolerance suggests that water quality guidelines should consider multiple populations and communities.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Limnology
Alexandra McClymont, Shelley E. Arnott, James A. Rusak
Summary: Chloride concentrations in lakes across the Northern hemisphere are increasing due to road salt use, posing a threat to aquatic ecosystems. This study found that in addition to chloride concentration, factors such as soft water or increasing lake temperatures also negatively affect freshwater zooplankton and phytoplankton communities. The results suggest that regulations on road salt application should be reevaluated to better protect aquatic ecosystems.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Edward Millar, Stephanie Melles, Jennifer L. Klug, Terry Rees
Summary: The popularity of citizen science may be indicative of growing populism trends and public hostility towards professional expertise. Volunteer lake stewards in Ontario, Canada play a role in strengthening community trust in science.
ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Thomas Wu, Mohammad Arshad Imrit, Zahra Movahedinia, Jude Kong, R. Iestyn Woolway, Sapna Sharma
Summary: This study aims to identify the freshwater fishes that are most sensitive to climatic changes by examining the rate of lake warming and the movement of fishes in Ontario, Canada. The analysis of data from 10,732 lakes between 1986 and 2017 reveals that lakes in Ontario warmed by an average of 0.2°C decade(-1), with a climate velocity of 9.4 km decade(-1). Some freshwater fishes have shifted their northern range boundaries, but with considerable variation among species.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Rachel M. M. Pilla, Craig E. E. Williamson
Summary: Long-term browning alters the vertical physical structure of lake ecosystems, leading to increased dissolved organic carbon and reduced water clarity. This affects the habitat suitability and distribution of zooplankton. In Lake Giles, Daphnia populations have decreased in abundance and shifted to shallower vertical distribution. Changes in UV penetration and vertical thermal gradients are the primary drivers of these shifts. The consequences of long-term browning are important for population dynamics, species interactions, and food web structure in lakes.
FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Limnology
Sabrina N. Volponi, Heather L. Wander, David C. Richardson, Clayton J. Williams, Denise A. Bruesewitz, Shelley Arnott, Jennifer A. Brentrup, Hailee L. Edwards, Holly A. Ewing, Kristen Holeck, Lauren Johnson, Brian S. Kim, Ana M. Morales-Williams, Nisha Nadkarni, Beth C. Norman, Lianne Parmalee, Amy Shultis, Adrienne Tracy, Nicole K. Ward, Kathleen C. Weathers, Courtney R. Wigdahl-Perry, Kiyoko Yokota
Summary: The concentration of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) is increasing in many northern hemisphere lakes, yet its use by phytoplankton and fate in the environment seldom have been quantified. We conducted 1 week, in situ, microcosm incubations across 25 lakes in northeastern North America to understand how DON, dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), and dissolved inorganic phosphorus (P) affected phytoplankton biomass. Phytoplankton biomass in 80% of lakes responded similarly to DON and DIN additions. Colimitation was the most common type of nutrient limitation among the study lakes, followed by P limitation.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Fisheries
Peter D. B. Jordan, Stephanie E. Figary, Thomas E. Brooking, Kristen T. Holeck, Christopher W. Hotaling, Anthony J. VanDeValk, Lars G. Rudstam
Summary: Bythotrephes longimanus is a predatory zooplankton that can decrease Daphnia abundance and potentially impact the growth rates of native planktivorous fish. The recent invasion of Bythotrephes in Oneida Lake provided an opportunity to study the feeding habits and growth of yellow perch. Surprisingly, age-0 yellow perch selected for Bythotrephes as part of their diet without negatively affecting their growth. The presence of Bythotrephes, along with other factors like temperature and Daphnia biomass, had a positive effect on the October length of age-0 yellow perch.
ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH
(2023)
Article
Fisheries
Taylor A. A. Brown, Lars G. G. Rudstam, Jeremy P. P. Holden, Brian C. C. Weidel, Amanda S. S. Ackiss, Ann J. J. Ropp, Marc A. A. Chalupnicki, James E. E. McKenna, Suresh A. A. Sethi
Summary: Coregonine fishes, including lake whitefish and cisco, exhibit similar habitat use during the larval stage, with subtle distributional differences driven by hatch timing and ontogenetic habitat shifts. Our study provides additional evidence that the early life histories of these species are highly similar and does not support the hypothesis that larval habitat use differences are a major driver of differential recruitment success.
ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Matthew R. Brousil, Alessandro Filazzola, Michael F. Meyer, Sapna Sharma, Stephanie E. Hampton
Summary: Pressing environmental research questions demand specialized tools and resources to integrate diverse ecological datasets and complex analytical methods. Although computational training for ecological and evolutionary sciences has become more accessible, tool development has outpaced specialized training. Most training focuses on individual analysis steps rather than creating scripted pipelines. Workflow management software (WMS) can aid in reproducibility, clarity, and efficiency, but its adoption in ecology and evolutionary research has been slow. Investment in WMS training can enable access to its benefits and facilitate data science at large scales.
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Limnology
Lianna S. S. Lopez, Aman Basu, Kevin Blagrave, Gerald Bove, Kenton Stewart, Dawn Bazely, Sapna Sharma
Summary: Recruiting the public to participate in the scientific process is invaluable in deepening our understanding of global environmental change. Long-term citizen science projects, which involve the public in the data collection phase, have been active for over a decade. By inheriting the Community Lake Ice Collaboration (CLIC), our team has benefited from the reliable data collected by experienced participants for over 30 years across hundreds of lakes in the USA. Establishing and sustaining a long-term citizen science project would have been challenging without the time and effort volunteered by participants. This article provides an overview of the lessons learned from CLIC and other citizen science projects, along with nine guidelines for creating and sustaining such projects.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LETTERS
(2023)
Letter
Limnology
Peter D. F. Isles, Irena F. Creed, Dag O. Hessen, Pirkko Kortelainen, Michael Paterson, Francesco Pomati, James A. Rusak, Jussi Vuorenmaa, Ann-Kristin Bergstrom
Summary: In recent years, unexplained declines in lake TP concentrations have been observed in northern latitudes (> 42 degrees N latitude). Data from 389 lakes in Fennoscandia and eastern North America were analyzed to investigate the effects of climate on lake TP concentrations. Synchrony in year-to-year variability was found within and among different geographic regions, indicating climatic influences. Winter temperature was identified as the most important factor controlling annual TP, followed by summer precipitation.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kevin Blagrave, Sapna Sharma
Summary: By analyzing the 34-year records of 74 lakes in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States, we found that lake ice phenology is influenced by air temperatures and lake morphology. Air temperatures can explain 64% of the variation in ice-on dates, while lake morphology explains the remaining 36%. It is projected that by the end of the century, these lakes may lose 43 days of ice cover due to climate change.
Article
Limnology
Michael W. Thayne, Benjamin M. Kraemer, Jorrit P. Mesman, Don Pierson, Alo Laas, Elvira de Eyto, Bastiaan W. Ibelings, Rita Adrian
Summary: Extreme storms are becoming more frequent and intense with climate change, and assessing the resistance and resilience of lake ecosystems to these storms is crucial. A study conducted on 8 lakes in Europe and North America revealed that resistance of lakes to extreme storms was primarily influenced by chlorophyll a concentration and trophic state. Eutrophic lakes showed lower resistance compared to oligotrophic lakes. The study also emphasized the unpredictable changes and tendency of lake resilience to not return to pre-storm conditions.