Dr Iestyn Woolway

NERC Independent Research Fellow

  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    A comparison of the diel variability in epilimnetic temperature for five lakes in the English Lake District

    Woolway, R. I., Jones, I. D., Feuchtmayr, H. & Maberly, S. C., 20 Apr 2015, In: INLAND WATERS. 5, 2, p. 139-154

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. A framework for ensemble modelling of climate change impacts on lakes worldwide: the ISIMIP Lake Sector

    Golub, M., Thiery, W., Marce, R., Pierson, D., Vanderkelen, I., Mercado-Bettin, D., Woolway, R. I., Grant, L., Jennings, E., Kraemer, B. M., Schewe, J., Zhao, F., Frieler, K., Mengel, M., Bogomolov, V. Y., Bouffard, D., Cote, M., Couture, R.-M., Debolskiy, A. V., Droppers, B., Gal, G., Guo, M., Janssen, A. B. G., Kirillin, G., Ladwig, R., Magee, M., Moore, T., Perroud, M., Piccolroaz, S., Vinnaa, L. R., Schmid, M., Shatwell, T., Stepanenko, V. M., Tan, Z., Woodward, B., Yao, H., Adrian, R., Allan, M., Anneville, O., Arvola, L., Atkins, K., Boegman, L., Carey, C., Christianson, K., de Eyto, E., DeGasperi, C., Grechushnikova, M., Hejzlar, J., Joehnk, K., Jones, I. D., Laas, A., Mackay, E. B., Mammarella, I., Markensten, H., McBride, C., Ozkundakci, D., Potes, M., Rinke, K., Robertson, D., Rusak, J. A., Salgado, R., van der Linden, L., Verburg, P., Wain, D., Ward, N. K., Wollrab, S. & Zdorovennova, G., 16 Jun 2022, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 15, 11, p. 4597-4623

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  4. Published

    A multi-lake comparative analysis of the General Lake Model (GLM): Stress-testing across a global observatory network

    Bruce, L. C., Frassl, M. A., Arhonditsis, G. B., Gal, G., Hamilton, D. P., Hanson, P. C., Hetherington, A. L., Melack, J. M., Read, J. S., Rinke, K., Rigosi, A., Trolle, D., Winslow, L., Adrian, R., Ayala, A. I., Bocaniov, S. A., Boehrer, B., Boon, C., Brookes, J. D., Bueche, T., Busch, B. D., Copetti, D., Cortes, A., de Eyto, E., Elliott, J. A., Gallina, N., Gilboa, Y., Guyennon, N., Huang, L., Kerimoglu, O., Lenters, J. D., MacIntyre, S., Makler-Pick, V., McBride, C. G., Moreira, S., Oezkundakci, D., Pilotti, M., Rueda, F. J., Rusak, J. A., Samal, N. R., Schmid, M., Shatwell, T., Snorthheim, C., Soulignac, F., Valerio, G., van der Linden, L., Vetter, M., Vincon-Leite, B., Wang, J., Weber, M., Wickramaratne, C., Woolway, R. I., Yao, H. & Hipsey, M. R., 14 Apr 2018, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 102, p. 274-291

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    A novel framework for accurate, automated and dynamic global lake mapping based on optical imagery

    Zhou, T., Zhang, G., Wang, J., Zhu, Z., Woolway, R. I., Han, X., Xu, F. & Peng, J., 1 Mar 2025, In: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 221, p. 280-298 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    A novel method for estimating the onset of thermal stratification in lakes from surface water measurements

    Woolway, R. I., Maberly, S. C., Jones, I. D. & Feuchtmayr, H., 25 Jun 2014, In: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 50, 6, p. 5131-5140

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  7. Published

    A record-breaking extreme heat event caused unprecedented warming of lakes in China

    Wang, W., Shi, K., Wang, X., Wang, S., Zhang, D., Peng, Y., Li, N., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Qin, B., Iestyn Woolway, R. & Jeppesen, E., 30 Mar 2023, In: Science bulletin. 68, 6, p. 578-582 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. E-pub ahead of print

    Algal blooms intensify in global large lakes over the past two decades

    Wang, Y., Zhao, D., Woolway, R. I., Yan, H., Paerl, H. W., Zheng, Y., Zheng, C. & Feng, L., 11 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: National Science Review. nwaf011.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Altitudinal dependence of a statistically significant diel temperature cycle in Scottish lochs

    Woolway, R. I., Livingstone, D. M. & Kernan, M., 26 Aug 2015, In: INLAND WATERS. 5, 4, p. 311-316

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Amplified surface temperature response of cold, deep lakes to inter-annual air temperature variability

    Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 23 Jun 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Assessing ESA Climate Change Initiative data for the monitoring of phytoplankton abundance and phenology in deep lakes: Investigation on Lake Geneva

    Bonnier, M., Anneville, O., Iestyn Woolway, R., Thackeray, S. J., Morin, G. P., Reynaud, N., Soulignac, F., Tormos, T. & Harmel, T., 1 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Great Lakes Research. 50, 4, 102372.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Atmospheric stilling leads to prolonged thermal stratification in a large shallow polymictic lake

    Woolway, R. I., Meinson, P., Noges, P., Jones, I. D. & Laas, A., 1 Apr 2017, In: Climatic Change. 141, 4, p. 759-773

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Attribution of global lake systems change to anthropogenic forcing

    Grant, L., Vanderkelen, I., Gudmundsson, L., Tan, Z., Perroud, M., Stepanenko, V. M., Debolskiy, A. V., Droppers, B., Janssen, A. B. G., Woolway, R. I., Choulga, M., Balsamo, G., Kirillin, G., Schewe, J., Zhao, F., del Valle, I. V., Golub, M., Pierson, D., Marce, R., Seneviratne, S. I. & Thiery, W., 18 Oct 2021, In: Nature Geoscience. 14, 11

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Automated calculation of surface energy fluxes with high-frequency lake buoy data

    Woolway, R. I., Jones, I. D., Hamilton, D. P., Maberly, S. C., Muraoka, K., Read, J. S., Smyth, R. L. & Winslow, L. A., 1 Aug 2015, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 70, p. 191-198

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. E-pub ahead of print

    Chinese ice-lake line shifts under climate change

    Wang, W., Shi, K., Iestyn Woolway, R. & Zhang, Y., 10 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Science bulletin.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Citizen science shows systematic changes in the temperature difference between air and inland waters with global warming

    University, U., Mackay, M., Stockwell, J. D., Thiery, W., Grossart, H.-P., Augusto-Silva, P. B., Baulch, H. M., de Eyto, E., Hejzlar, J., Kangur, K., Kirillin, G., University, U., Rusak, J. A., Davis, U. O. & Reading, U., 6 Mar 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7

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  17. Published

    Climate change drives rapid warming and increasing heatwaves of lakes

    Wang, X., Shi, K., Zhang, Y., Qin, B., Zhang, Y., Wang, W., Woolway, R. I., Piao, S. & Jeppesen, E., 30 Jul 2023, In: Science bulletin. 68, 14, p. 1574-1584 11 p.

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  18. Published

    Climate change drives widespread shifts in lake thermal habitat

    Kraemer, B. M., Pilla, R. M., Woolway, R. I., Anneville, O., Ban, S., Colom-Montero, W., Devlin, S. P., Dokulil, M. T., Gaiser, E. E., Hambright, K. D., Hessen, D. O., Higgins, S. N., Johnk, K. D., Keller, W., Knoll, L. B., Leavitt, P. R., Lepori, F., Luger, M. S., Maberly, S. C., Mueller-Navarra, D. C., Paterson, A. M., Pierson, D. C., Richardson, D. C., Rogora, M., Rusak, J. A., Sadro, S., Salmaso, N., Schmid, M., Silow, E. A., Sommaruga, R., Stelzer, J. A. A., Straile, D., Thiery, W., Timofeyev, M. A., Verburg, P., Weyhenmeyer, G. A. & Adrian, R., 3 Jun 2021, In: Nature Climate Change. 11, 6, p. 521-529

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  19. Published

    Climate tracking by freshwater fishes suggests that fish diversity in temperate lakes may be increasingly threatened by climate warming

    Wu, T., Imrit, M. A., Movahedinia, Z., Kong, J., Woolway, R. I. & Sharma, S., 1 Feb 2023, In: Diversity and Distributions. 29, 2, p. 300-315 16 p.

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  20. Published

    Climate velocity in inland standing waters

    Woolway, R. I. & Maberly, S. C., 1 Dec 2020, In: Nature Climate Change. 10, 12, p. 1124-U91

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  21. Published

    Climate warming and heatwaves accelerate global lake deoxygenation

    Zhang, Y., Shi, K., Woolway, R. I., Wang, X. & Zhang, Y., 21 Mar 2025, In: Science Advances. 11, 12, eadt5369.

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  22. Published

    Compound hot temperature and high chlorophyll extreme events in global lakes

    Woolway, R. I., Kraemer, B. M., Zscheischler, J. & Albergel, C., 16 Dec 2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 12, 124066.

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  23. Published

    Consequences of gas flux model choice on the interpretation of metabolic balance across 15 lakes

    Dugan, H. A., Woolway, R. I., Santoso, A. B., Corman, J. R., Jaimes, A., Nodine, E. R., Patil, V. P., Zwart, J. A., Brentrup, J. A., Hetherington, A. L., Oliver, S. K., Read, J. S., Winters, K. M., Hanson, P. C., Read, E. K., Winslow, L. A. & Weathers, K. C., 2 Nov 2016, In: INLAND WATERS. 6, 4, p. 581-592

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  24. Published

    Decarbonization potential of floating solar photovoltaics on lakes worldwide

    Woolway, R. I., Zhao, G., Rocha, S. M. G., Thackeray, S. J. & Armstrong, A., 4 Jun 2024, In: Nature Water. 2, 6, p. 566-576 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Declining lake ice in response to climate change can impact spending for local communities

    Filazzola, A., Imrit, M. A., Fleck, A., Woolway, R. I. & Sharma, S., 5 Jul 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 7, p. e0299937

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. E-pub ahead of print

    Decoupling of surface water storage from precipitation in global drylands due to anthropogenic activity

    Zhao, G., Gao, H., Li, Y., Tang, Q., Woolway, R. I., Merder, J., Rosa, L. & Michalak, A. M., 10 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Water. 3, 1, p. 80-88 9 p.

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  27. Published

    Delving deeper: Metabolic processes in the metalimnion of stratified lakes

    Giling, D. P., Staehr, P. A., Grossart, H. P., Andersen, M. R., Boehrer, B., Escot, C., Evrendilek, F., Gomez-Gener, L., Honti, M., Jones, I. D., Karakaya, N., Laas, A., Moreno-Ostos, E., Rinke, K., Scharfenberger, U., Schmidt, S. R., Weber, M., Woolway, R. I., Zwart, J. A. & Obrador, B., 1 May 2017, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 62, 3, p. 1288-1306

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  28. Published

    Detecting climate-related shifts in lakes: A review of the use of satellite Earth Observation

    Calamita, E., Lever, J. J., Albergel, C., Woolway, R. I. & Odermatt, D., 1 Apr 2024, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 69, 4, p. 723-741 19 p.

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  29. Published

    Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size

    Woolway, R. I., Jones, I. D., Maberly, S. C., French, J. R., Livingstone, D. M., Monteith, D. T., Simpson, G., Thackeray, S. J., Copenhagen, U., London, U., DeGasperi, C. L., Evans, C. D., de Eyto, E., Feuchtmayr, H., Hamilton, D., Kernan, M., Krokowski, J., Rimmer, A., Rose, K. C., Rusak, J. A., Ryves, D. B., Scott, D. R., Shilland, E. M., Smyth, R. L., Staehr, P. A., Thomas, R., Waldron, S. & Weyhenmeyer, G., 29 Mar 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 3

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  30. Published

    Disproportionate impact of atmospheric heat events on lake surface water temperature increases

    Wang, X., Shi, K., Qin, B., Zhang, Y. & Woolway, R. I., 1 Nov 2024, In: Nature Climate Change. 14, 11, p. 1172-1177 6 p.

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  31. Published

    Drinking water safety improvement and future challenge of lakes and reservoirs

    Zhang, Y., Deng, J., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., Qin, B., Song, C., Shi, K., Zhu, G., Hou, X., Zhang, Y., He, S., Woolway, R. I. & Li, N., 30 Nov 2024, In: Science bulletin. 69, 22, p. 3558-3570 13 p.

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  32. Published

    Earlier ice loss accelerates lake warming in the Northern Hemisphere

    Li, X., Peng, S., Xi, Y., Woolway, R. I. & Liu, G., 2 Sept 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 5156.

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  33. Published

    Emergence of lake conditions that exceed natural temperature variability

    Huang, L., Woolway, R. I., Timmermann, A., Lee, S.-S., Rodgers, K. B. & Yamaguchi, R., 1 Aug 2024, In: Nature Geoscience. 17, 8, p. 763-769 7 p.

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  34. Published

    Energy input and dissipation in a temperate lake during the spring transition

    Woolway, R. & Simpson, J., Aug 2017, In: Ocean Dynamics. 67, 8, p. 959-971

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  35. Published

    Ensemble modeling of global lake evaporation under climate change

    La Fuente, S., Jennings, E., Lenters, J. D., Verburg, P., Tan, Z., Perroud, M., Janssen, A. B. G. & Woolway, R. I., 1 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Hydrology. 631, 130647.

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  36. E-pub ahead of print

    Environmental controls on the conversion of nutrients to chlorophyll in lakes

    Naderian, D., Noori, R., Kim, D., Jun, C., Bateni, S. M., Woolway, R. I., Sharma, S., Shi, K., Qin, B., Zhang, Y., Jeppesen, E. & Maberly, S. C., 15 Apr 2025, In: Water research. 274

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  37. Published

    Geographic and temporal variations in turbulent heat loss from lakes: A global analysis across 45 lakes

    Woolway, R. I., Verburg, P., Lenters, J. D., Merchant, C. J., Hamilton, D. P., Brookes, J., de Eyto, E., Kelly, S., Healey, N. C., Hook, S., Laas, A., Pierson, D., Rusak, J. A., Kuha, J., Karjalainen, J., Kallio, K., Lepistoe, A. & Jones, I. D., 1 Nov 2018, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 63, 6, p. 2436-2449

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  38. Published

    Glacier Surface Heatwaves Over the Tibetan Plateau

    Chen, W., Yao, T., Zhang, G., Woolway, R. I., Yang, W., Xu, F. & Zhou, T., 28 Mar 2023, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 50, 6, e2022GL101115.

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  39. Published

    Global Heat Uptake by Inland Waters

    Vanderkelen, I., van Lipzig, N. P. M., Lawrence, D. M., Droppers, B., Golub, M., Gosling, S. N., Janssen, A. B. G., Marce, R., Schmied, H. M., Perroud, M., Pierson, D., Pokhrel, Y., Satoh, Y., Schewe, J., Seneviratne, S. ,. I., Stepanenko, V. M., Tan, Z., Woolway, R. ,. I. & Thiery, W., 28 Jun 2020, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 47, 12

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  40. Published

    Global increase in methane production under future warming of lake bottom waters

    Jansen, J., Woolway, R. I., Kraemer, B. M., Albergel, C., Bastviken, D., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Marce, R., Sharma, S., Sobek, S., Tranvik, L. J., Perroud, M., Golub, M., Moore, T. N., Vinna, L. R., La Fuente, S., Grant, L., Pierson, D. C., Thiery, W. & Jennings, E., Sept 2022, In: Global Change Biology. 28, 18, p. 5427-5440 14 p.

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  41. Published

    Global lake responses to climate change

    Woolway, R. I., Kraemer, B. M., Lenters, J. D., Merchant, C. J., O'Reilly, C. M. & Sharma, S., 1 Aug 2020, In: Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. 1, p. 388-403

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  42. Published

    Global lake thermal regions shift under climate change

    Maberly, S. C., O'Donnell, R. A., Woolway, R. I., Cutler, M. E. J., Gong, M., Jones, I. D., Merchant, C. J., Miller, C. A., Politi, E., Scott, E. M., Thackeray, S. J. & Tyler, A. N., 6 Mar 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1

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  43. Published

    Global lakes are warming slower than surface air temperature due to accelerated evaporation

    Tong, Y., Feng, L., Wang, X., Pi, X., Xu, W. & Woolway, R. I., 23 Oct 2023, In: Nature Water. 1, 11, p. 929-940 12 p.

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  44. Published

    Global mapping of human-transformed dike-pond systems

    Xu, Y., Feng, L., Fang, H., Song, X.-P., Gieseke, F., Kariryaa, A., Oehmcke, S., Gibson, L., Jiang, X., Lin, R., Woolway, R. I., Zheng, C., Brandt, M. & Fensholt, R., 1 Nov 2024, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 313

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  45. Published

    Global reconstruction of twentieth century lake surface water temperature reveals different warming trends depending on the climatic zone

    Piccolroaz, S., Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 1 Jun 2020, In: Climatic Change. 160, 3, p. 427-442

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  46. E-pub ahead of print

    Global trends and regime state shifts of lacustrine aquatic vegetation

    Luo, J., Duan, H., Xu, Y., Shen, M., Zhang, Y., Xiao, Q., Ni, G., Wang, K., Xin, Y., Qi, T., Feng, L., Qiu, Y., Jeppesen, E. & Woolway, R. I., 18 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Innovation.

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  47. Published

    Impact of the 2018 European heatwave on lake surface water temperature

    Woolway, R. I., Jennings, E. & Carrea, L., 2 Jul 2020, In: INLAND WATERS. 10, 3, p. 322-332

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  48. Published

    Increasing maximum lake surface temperature under climate change

    Dokulil, M. T., Maberly, S. C., May, L., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Woolway, R. I. & de Eyto, E., 22 Apr 2021, In: Climatic Change. 165, 56

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  49. E-pub ahead of print

    Increasing warm-season evaporation rates across European lakes under climate change

    La Fuente, S., Jennings, E., Lenters, J. D., Verburg, P., Kirillin, G., Shatwell, T., Couture, R.-M., Côté, M., Vinnå, C. L. R. & Woolway, R. I., 28 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Climatic Change. 177, 12

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  50. Published

    Intralake Heterogeneity of Thermal Responses to Climate Change: A Study of Large Northern Hemisphere Lakes

    Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 27 Mar 2018, In: Journal of Geophysical Research : Atmospheres. 123, 6, p. 3087-3098

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  51. Published

    Lake Cold Spells Are Declining Worldwide

    Wang, X., Woolway, R. I., Shi, K., Qin, B. & Zhang, Y., 28 Nov 2024, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 51, 22, p. e2024GL111300

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