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Rising lake temperatures may worsen algae blooms
2015-12-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Some of the worlds biggest temperature jumps are happening in lakes suggesting that problems such as algae blooms and low-oxygen zones hazardous to fish will get worse, a new report says. An analysis of 235 lakes that together hold more than half of the Earths fresh surface water found they have been warming an average of 0.61 degrees per decade, the report said. While seemingly insignificant, the increase is bigger than changes recorded in the oceans or the atmosphere. Such rapid swings can...
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