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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.
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