University of Maine: Extreme Climate Pushed Thousands of Lakes in West Greenland 'Across a Tipping Point,' Study Finds
January 23, 2025
January 23, 2025
ORONO, Maine, Jan. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release:
West Greenland is home to tens of thousands of blue lakes that provide residents drinking water and sequester carbon from the atmosphere. Yet after two months of record heat and precipitation in fall 2022, an estimated 7,500 lakes turned brown, began emitting carbon and decreased in water quality, according to a new study.
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West Greenland is home to tens of thousands of blue lakes that provide residents drinking water and sequester carbon from the atmosphere. Yet after two months of record heat and precipitation in fall 2022, an estimated 7,500 lakes turned brown, began emitting carbon and decreased in water quality, according to a new study.
Led by Fulbright Distinguished Arctic Scholar and Univer . . .