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Lake ecosystem tipping points and climate feedbacks
                                            Department of Biosciences, Centre for Biogeochemistry in the Anthropocene, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1066 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
                                        
                                    Tom Andersen
                                            Department of Biosciences, Centre for Biogeochemistry in the Anthropocene, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1066 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
                                        
                                    David Armstrong McKay
                                            Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter, EX4 4QE, UK
                                        
                                    
                                            Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
                                        
                                    Sarian Kosten
                                            Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
                                        
                                    Mariana Meerhoff
                                            Department of Ecology and Environmental Management, Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE), Universidad de la República, Cachimba del Rey s/n Maldonado, Uruguay
                                        
                                    
                                            Department of Ecosciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
                                        
                                    Amy Pickard
                                            UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Edinburgh), Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0QB, UK
                                        
                                    Bryan M. Spears
                                            UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Edinburgh), Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0QB, UK
                                        
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Short summary
                    Lakes worldwide are changing and under threat due to stressors such as overload of nutrients, increased input of organic carbon (“browning”), and climate change, which may cause reduced water volume, salinization, or even loss of waterbodies. Some of these changes are abrupt to the extent that they can be characterized as tipping points for that particular system. Such changes may also cause increased release of greenhouse gases, and lakes are major players in the global climate in this context.
                    Lakes worldwide are changing and under threat due to stressors such as overload of nutrients,...
                    
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