The world’s largest High Arctic lake responds rapidly to climate warming
The world’s largest High Arctic lake responds rapidly to climate warming
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Lehnherr, Igor , St. Louis, Vincent L. , Sharp, Martin , Gardner, Alex S. , Smol, John P. , Schiff, Sherry L. , Muir, Derek C. G. , Mortimer, Colleen A. , Michelutti, Neil , Tarnocai, Charles , St. Pierre, Kyra A. , Emmerton, Craig A. , Wiklund, Johan A. , Köck, Günter , Lamoureux, Scott F. and Talbot, Charles H.
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Using a whole-watershed approach and a combination of historical, contemporary, modeled and paleolimnological datasets, we show that the High Arctic’s largest lake by volume (Lake Hazen) has succumbed to climate warming with only a ~1 °C relative increase in summer air temperatures. This warming deepened the soil active layer and triggered large ma...
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The world’s largest High Arctic lake responds rapidly to climate warming
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b9b833c9ca9e4c179f85af0c95fe77e1
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2041-1723
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2041-1723
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10.1038/s41467-018-03685-z
