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Substantial increase in minimum lake surface temperatures under climate change

Woolway, R. I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0498-7968, Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Schmid, M., Dokulil, M. T., de Eyto, E., Maberly, S. C., May, L. and Merchant, C. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4687-9850 (2019) Substantial increase in minimum lake surface temperatures under climate change. Climatic Change, 155 (1). pp. 81-94. ISSN 0165-0009

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1007/s10584-019-02465-y

Abstract/Summary

The annual minimum of lake surface water temperature influences ecological and biogeochemical processes, but variability and change in this extreme has not been investigated. Here, we analysed observational data from eight European lakes and investigated the changes in annual minimum surface water temperature. We found that, between 1973 and 2014, the annual minimum lake surface temperature has increased at an average rate of +0.35°C decade-1; comparable to the rate of summer average lake surface temperature change during the same period (+0.32°C decade-1). Coherent responses to climatic warming are observed between the increase in annual minimum lake surface temperature and the increase in winter air temperature variations. As a result of the rapid warming of annual minimum lake surface temperatures, some of the studied lakes no longer reach important minimum surface temperature thresholds that occur in winter, with complex and significant potential implications for lakes and the ecosystem services that they provide.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)
Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
ID Code:83573
Publisher:Springer

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