Climate-related thresholds in lake ice and the associated environmental and social systems

Beyene, Mussie T.; Jain, Shaleen

doi:10.1016/j.wasec.2020.100065

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Climate-related thresholds in lake ice and the associated environmental and social systems

2020
By Beyene, Mussie T. ; Jain, Shaleen

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Journal Title:

Water Security
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Beyene, Mussie T. ; Jain, Shaleen
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Nearly half of the world’s lakes freeze periodically. In the past few decades, lakes in the northern hemisphere are increasingly recording unusually short or no annual ice season due to climate variability and change. This is raising concerns about the potential impact of short annual ice cover season on lake ecosystem structure, stability, and function. Here we develop a tentative framework that delineates the connection between winter climate variability, shorter lake ice season, and related environmental and social impacts with focus on winter thermal thresholds in lake ice. This framework organizes existing knowledge on this topic and presents a systems-scale view. The integrative system’s scale view presented in this study seeks to inform: (a) usability of seasonal climatic information to understand timing of ice out and thresholds therein, and (b) efforts seeking to develop adaptive lake related management and planning policies in a changing climate.
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Management, Monitoring, Policy And Law Oceanography Waste Management And Disposal Water Science And Technology Management, Monitoring, Policy And Law Waste Management And Disposal Water Science And Technology Management, Monitoring, Policy And Law Waste Management And Disposal Water Science And Technology
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Water Security, 10, 100065
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2020.100065
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2468-3124
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Elsevier BV
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Journal Article
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