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Associated Press: A first-of-its-kind NASA study is finding nice cool lakes are heating up - even faster than air.
Two NASA scientists used satellite data to look at 104 large inland lakes around the world and found that on average they have warmed 2 degrees (1.1 degree Celsius) since 1985. That's about two-and-a-half times the increase in global temperatures in the same time period.
Russia's Lake Ladoga and America's Lake Tahoe are warming significantly and the most, said study co-author Simon Hook, a scientist......
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World’s lakes getting hotter, more than the air
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 24th, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation