Climate change is one of the most severe threats to global lake ecosystems. Lake surface
conditions, such as ice cover, surface temperature, evaporation and water level, respond …

In the 12 years since Dudgeon et al.(2006) reviewed major pressures on freshwater
ecosystems, the biodiversity crisis in the world's lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams and …

Lakes hold much of Earth's accessible liquid freshwater, support biodiversity and provide
key ecosystem services to people around the world. However, they are vulnerable to climate …

Ice provides a range of ecosystem services—including fish harvest, cultural traditions,
transportation, recreation and regulation of the hydrological cycle—to more than half of the …

In this first worldwide synthesis of in situ and satellite‐derived lake data, we find that lake
summer surface water temperatures rose rapidly (global mean= 0.34° C decade− 1) …

Northern ecosystems are experiencing some of the most dramatic impacts of global change
on Earth. Rising temperatures, hydrological intensification, changes in atmospheric acid …

The cryosphere is defined by the presence of frozen water in its many forms: glaciers, ice
caps, ice sheets, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice. In the extended Hindu Kush …

Long‐term lake ice phenological records from around the Northern Hemisphere provide
unique sensitive indicators of climatic variations, even prior to the existence of physical …

Winter conditions are rapidly changing in temperate ecosystems, particularly for those that
experience periods of snow and ice cover. Relatively little is known of winter ecology in …

Observed changes in precipitation patterns, rising surface temperature, increases in
frequency and intensity of floods and droughts, widespread melting of ice, and reduced …