River networks represent the largest biogeochemical nexus between the continents, ocean
and atmosphere. Our current understanding of the role of rivers in the global carbon cycle …

The Anthropocene presents formidable threats to freshwater ecosystems. Lakes are
especially vulnerable and important at the same time. They cover only a small area …

Lakes are key components of biogeochemical and ecological processes, thus knowledge
about their distribution, volume and residence time is crucial in understanding their …

Collectively, reservoirs created by dams are thought to be an important source of
greenhouse gases (GHGs) to the atmosphere. So far, efforts to quantify, model, and manage …

In this Perspective, we put forward an integrative framework to improve estimates of land-
atmosphere carbon exchange based on the accumulation of carbon in the landscape as …

Burial in sediments removes organic carbon (OC) from the short-term biosphere-atmosphere
carbon (C) cycle, and therefore prevents greenhouse gas production in natural systems …

Small waterbodies, including ponds and small lakes, low-order streams, ditches and
springs, are the most numerous freshwater environments globally, are critical for freshwater …

Mountain lakes are often situated in protected natural areas, a feature that leads to their role
as sentinels of global environmental change. Despite variations in latitude, mountain lakes …

A substantial amount of the atmospheric carbon taken up on land through photosynthesis
and chemical weathering is transported laterally along the aquatic continuum from upland …

The damming of rivers represents one of the most far-reaching human modifications of the
flows of water and associated matter from land to sea. Dam reservoirs are hotspots of …