Lakes more sensitive to climate change than landscapes

New research on a globally distributed set of lakes shows that lakes are more sensitive to changes in temperature than are land ecosystems. As organisms respire they produce CO₂, an important greenhouse gas. In lakes, increases in temperature increase the rate of CO₂ production faster than compared with the landscape. These findings suggest that as the temperature warms lakes may become greater sources of CO₂ to the atmosphere.

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