Quantifying uncertainty in Pareto estimates of global lake area

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Mapping global lake dynamics reveals the emerging roles of small lakes

Xuehui Pi et al.

Summary: Lakes are important natural resources and sources of carbon emissions, and they are undergoing rapid changes worldwide in response to climate change and human activities. Through a global characterization of lakes, we found that lake area has increased over the past four decades, with a significant contribution from reservoirs. Although small lakes account for a small percentage of the global lake area, they have a significant impact on the variability of total lake size. The increase in lake area has led to higher carbon emissions, with small lakes playing a major role.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2022)

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Article Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Global carbon budget of reservoirs is overturned by the quantification of drawdown areas

Philipp S. Keller et al.

Summary: Satellite observations show that globally, reservoirs are net emitters of carbon, with drawdown areas contributing to significant CO2 emissions. The exposure of drawdown areas challenges the idea that reservoirs are carbon sinks, as they emit more carbon than they bury. This overturns the conventional understanding of the role of reservoirs in the carbon cycle.

NATURE GEOSCIENCE (2021)

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Article Limnology

LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0: Data module of location, identifiers, and physical characteristics of lakes and their watersheds in the conterminous U.S.

Kendra Spence Cheruvelil et al.

Summary: This study addresses the need for macro-scale studies of aquatic ecosystems to tackle broad-scale problems related to global change, specifically in informing national-scale environmental policies. The data paper introduces the LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 data module, which provides detailed information on lakes and reservoirs in the conterminous U.S. The open data platform allows for the study of these water bodies at multiple scales of space and time.

LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LETTERS (2021)

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Article Limnology