ScienceNews: Throughout the past quarter-century, inland lakes have been experiencing a small, steadily rising nighttime fever. Globally, the average increase has hovered around 0.045 degrees Celsius per year, but in some regions the increase has been more than twice that -- or about 1 °C per decade.
In some regions -- notably the Northern Hemisphere’s mid and upper latitudes -- lakes have been warming faster than have surrounding air temperatures.
No question, the upticks have been small. They also appear......
Read Complete Article at Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed
Lakes are warming across the globe
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 24th, 2010
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.