Mapping global lake dynamics reveals the emerging roles of small lakes
Southern University of Science and Technology · University of Hong Kong · +6 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract Lakes are important natural resources and carbon gas emitters and are undergoing rapid changes worldwide in response to climate change and human activities. A detailed global characterization of lakes and their long-term dynamics does not exist, which is however crucial for evaluating the associated impacts on water availability and carbon emissions. Here, we map 3.4 million lakes on a global scale, including their explicit maximum extents and probability-weighted area changes over the past four decades. From the beginning period (1984–1999) to the end (2010–2019), the lake area increased across all six continents analyzed, with a net change of +46,278 km 2 , and 56% of the expansion was attributed to…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 23.65
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 80
Authors
16- XPXuehui PiCorresponding
Southern University of Science and Technology, University of Hong Kong
- QLQiuqi Luo
Southern University of Science and Technology
- LFLian Feng
Southern University of Science and Technology
- YXYang Xu
University of Copenhagen, Southern University of Science and Technology
- JTJing Tang
University of Copenhagen, Lund University
Topics & keywords
- Climate change
- Environmental science
- Global warming
- Physical geography
- Global change
- Hydrology (agriculture)
- Ecology
- Geography
- Clean water and sanitation