Dr Iestyn Woolway
NERC Independent Research Fellow

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Worldwide alteration of lake mixing regimes in response to climate change
Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 1 Apr 2019, In: Nature Geoscience. 12, 4, p. 271-276Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Winter inverse lake stratification under historic and future climate change
Woolway, R. I., Denfeld, B., Tan, Z., Jansen, J., Weyhenmeyer, G. A. & La Fuente, S., 1 Aug 2022, In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 7, 4, p. 302-311Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Widespread societal and ecological impacts from projected Tibetan Plateau lake expansion
Xu, F., Zhang, G., Woolway, R. I., Yang, K., Wada, Y., Wang, J. & Crétaux, J.-F., 27 May 2024, In: Nature Geoscience. 17, 6, p. 516-523 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Widespread loss of safe lake ice access in response to a warming climate
Culpepper, J., Huang, L., Woolway, R. I. & Sharma, S., 11 Dec 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 12, p. e0313994Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Widespread loss of lake ice around the Northern Hemisphere in a warming world
Sharma, S., Blagrave, K., Magnuson, J. J., O'Reilly, C. M., Oliver, S., Batt, R. D., Magee, M. R., Straile, D., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Winslow, L. & Woolway, R. I., 1 Mar 2019, In: Nature Climate Change. 9, 3, p. 227-231Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes
Jane, S. F., Hansen, G. J. A., Kraemer, B. M., Leavitt, P. R., Mincer, J. L., North, R. L., Pilla, R. M., Stetler, J. T., Williamson, C. E., Woolway, R. I., Arvola, L., Chandra, S., DeGasperi, C. L., Diemer, L., Dunalska, J., Erina, O., Flaim, G., Grossart, H.-P., Hambright, K. D., Hein, C., Hejzlar, J., Janus, L. L., Jenny, J.-P., Knoll, L. B., Leoni, B., Mackay, E., Matsuzaki, S.-I. S., McBride, C., Muller-Navarra, D. C., Paterson, A. M., Pierson, D., Rogora, M., Rusak, J. A., Sadro, S., Saulnier-Talbot, E., Schmid, M., Sommaruga, R., Thiery, W., Verburg, P., Weathers, K. C., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Yokota, K. & Rose, K. C., 2 Jun 2021, In: Nature. 594, 7861, p. 66-70Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Warming winters threaten peripheral Arctic charr populations of Europe
Kelly, S., Moore, T. N., de Eyto, E., Dillane, M., Goulon, C., Guillard, J., Lasne, E., McGinnity, P., Poole, R., Winfield, I. J., Woolway, R. I. & Jennings, E., 17 Oct 2020, In: Climatic Change. 163, 1, p. 599-618Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Warming of Central European lakes and their response to the 1980s climate regime shift
Woolway, R. I., Dokulil, M. T., Marszelewski, W., Schmid, M., Bouffard, D. & Merchant, C. J., 1 Jun 2017, In: Climatic Change. 142, 3-4, p. 505-520Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Variability in epilimnion depth estimations in lakes
Wilson, H. L., Ayala, A. I., Jones, I. D., Rolston, A., Pierson, D., de Eyto, E., Grossart, H.-P., Perga, M.-E., Woolway, R. I. & Jennings, E., 24 Nov 2020, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 24, 11, p. 5559-5577Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The unprecedented 2022 extreme summer heatwaves increased harmful cyanobacteria blooms
Li, N., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Shi, K., Qian, H., Yang, H., Niu, Y., Qin, B., Zhu, G., Woolway, R. I. & Jeppesen, E., 20 Oct 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 896, 165312.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The pace of shifting seasons in lakes
Woolway, R. I., 13 Apr 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 2101.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The importance of lake-specific characteristics for water quality across the continental United States
Read, E. K., Patil, V. P., Oliver, S. K., Hetherington, A. L., Brentrup, J. A., Zwart, J. A., Winters, K. M., Corman, J. R., Nodine, E. R., Woolway, R. I., Dugan, H. A., Jaimes, A., Santoso, A. B., Hong, G. S., Winslow, L. A., Hanson, P. C. & Weathers, K. C., 1 Jun 2015, In: Ecological Applications. 25, 4, p. 943-955Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of extreme heat on lake warming in China
Wang, W., Shi, K., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Qin, B., Zhang, Y. & Woolway, R. I., 2 Jan 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 70.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The annual cycle of energy input, modal excitation and physical plus biogenic turbulent dissipation in a temperate lake
Simpson, J., Woolway, I., Scannell, B., Austin, M., Powell, B. & Maberly, S. C., Jun 2021, In: Water Resources Research. 57, 6, 2020WR029441.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The EUSTACE Project: Delivering Global, Daily Information on Surface Air Temperature
Rayner, N. A., Auchmann, R., Bessembinder, J., Bronnimann, S., Brugnara, Y., Capponi, F., Carrea, L., Dodd, E. M. A., Ghent, D., Good, E., Hoyer, J. L., Kennedy, J. J., Kent, E. C., Killick, R. E., van der Linden, P., Lindgren, F., Madsen, K. S., Merchant, C. J., Mitchelson, J. R., Morice, C. P., Nielsen-Englyst, P., Ortiz, P. F., Remedios, J. J., van der Schrier, G., Squintu, A. A., Stephens, A., Thorne, P. W., Tonboe, R. T., Trent, T., Veal, K. L., Waterfall, A. M., Winfield, K., Winn, J. & Woolway, R. I., Nov 2020, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101, 11, p. E1924-E1947Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Surging compound drought–heatwaves underrated in global soils
Fan, X., Zhang, Y., Shi, K., Peng, J., Liu, Y., Zhou, Y., Liu, Y., Zhu, Q., Song, C., Wan, R., Zhao, X. & Woolway, R. I., 7 Oct 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121, 42, p. e2410294121Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Substantial increase of organic carbon storage in Chinese lakes
Liu, D., Shi, K., Chen, P., Yan, N., Ran, L., Kutser, T., Tyler, A. N., Spyrakos, E., Woolway, R. I., Zhang, Y. & Duan, H., 14 Sept 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Substantial increase in minimum lake surface temperatures under climate change
Woolway, R. I., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Schmid, M., Dokulil, M. T., de Eyto, E., Maberly, S. C., May, L. & Merchant, C. J., 15 May 2019, In: Climatic Change. 155, 1, p. 81-94Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes
Stockwell, J. D., Doubek, J. P., Adrian, R., Anneville, O., Carey, C. C., Carvalho, L., Domis, L. N. D. S., Dur, G., Frassl, M. A., Grossart, H.-P., Ibelings, B. W., Lajeunesse, M. J., Lewandowska, A. M., Llames, M. E., Matsuzaki, S.-I. S., Nodine, E. R., Noges, P., Patil, V. P., Pomati, F., Rinke, K., Rudstam, L. G., Rusak, J. A., Salmaso, N., Seltmann, C. T., Straile, D., Thackeray, S. J., Thiery, W., Urrutia-Cordero, P., Venail, P., Verburg, P., Woolway, R. I., Zohary, T., Andersen, M. R., Bhattacharya, R., Hejzlar, J., Janatian, N., Kpodonu, A. T. N. K., Williamson, T. J. & Wilson, H. L., 1 May 2020, In: Global Change Biology. 26, 5, p. 2756-2784Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Space-based Earth observation in support of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement
Hegglin, M. I., Bastos, A., Bovensmann, H., Buchwitz, M., Fawcett, D., Ghent, D., Kulk, G., Sathyendranath, S., Shepherd, T. G., Quegan, S., Röthlisberger, R., Briggs, S., Buontempo, C., Cazenave, A., Chuvieco, E., Ciais, P., Crisp, D., Engelen, R., Fadnavis, S., Herold, M., Horwath, M., Jonsson, O., Kpaka, G., Merchant, C. J., Mielke, C., Nagler, T., Paul, F., Popp, T., Quaife, T., Rayner, N. A., Robert, C., Schröder, M., Sitch, S., Venturini, S., van der Schalie, R., van der Vliet, M., Wigneron, J.-P. & Woolway, R. I., 5 Oct 2022, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Six Decades of Thermal Change in a Pristine Lake Situated North of the Arctic Circle
Noori, R., Woolway, R. I., Saari, M., Pulkkanen, M. & Klove, B., 26 Sept 2022, In: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 58, 9, e2021WR031543.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Severe Lake Heatwaves Attributable to Human-Induced Global Warming
Woolway, I., Albergel, C., Froelicher, T. & Perroud, M., 28 Feb 2022, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 49, 4, 10 p., e2021GL097031.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Satellite and In Situ Observations for Advancing Global Earth Surface Modelling: A Review
Balsamo, G., Agusti-Parareda, A., Albergel, C., Arduini, G., Beljaars, A., Bidlot, J., Bousserez, N., Boussetta, S., Brown, A., Buizza, R., Buontempo, C., Chevallier, F., Choulga, M., Cloke, H., Cronin, M. F., Dahoui, M., De Rosnay, P., Dirmeyer, P. A., Drusch, M., Dutra, E., Ek, M. B., Gentine, P., Hewitt, H., Keeley, S. P. E., Kerr, Y., Kumar, S., Lupu, C., Mahfouf, J.-F., McNorton, J., Mecklenburg, S., Mogensen, K., Munoz-Sabater, J., Orth, R., Rabier, F., Reichle, R., Ruston, B., Pappenberger, F., Sandu, I., Seneviratne, S. I., Tietsche, S., Trigo, I. F., Uijlenhoet, R., Wedi, N., Woolway, R. I. & Zeng, X., 14 Dec 2018, In: Remote Sensing. 10, 12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reconstructing Tibetan Plateau lake bathymetry using ICESat-2 photon-counting laser altimetry
Han, X., Zhang, G., Wang, J., Tseng, K.-H., Li, J., Woolway, R. I., Shum, C. K. & Xu, F., 15 Dec 2024, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 315Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recent large-inland-lake outbursts on the Tibetan Plateau: processes, causes, and mechanisms
Xu, F., Liu, Y., Zhang, G., Woolway, R. I., Ju, J., Chen, W., Zhao, P., Zhu, Y., Zhou, T. & Wang, X., 26 Mar 2025, In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 25, 3, p. 1187-1206 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rapidly expanding lake heatwaves under climate change
Woolway, R. I., Anderson, E. J. & Albergel, C., 18 Aug 2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 9Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projected phenological shifts in stratification and overturning of ice-covered Northern Hemisphere lakes
Huang, L., Woolway, R. I., Timmermann, A. & Rodgers, K. B., 19 Dec 2024, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Profound daily vertical stratification and mixing in a small, shallow, wind-exposed lake with submerged macrophytes
Andersen, M. R., Sand-Jensen, K., Woolway, R. I. & Jones, I. D., Apr 2017, In: Aquatic Sciences. 79, 2, p. 395-406Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predicting Chlorophyll-a Concentrations in the World’s Largest Lakes Using Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks: Environmental Science & Technology
Saravani, M. J., Noori, R., Jun, C., Kim, D., Bateni, S. M., Kianmehr, P. & Woolway, R. I., 16 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environmental Science and Technology. 59, 3, p. 1801-1810 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pivotal role of snow depth, local atmospheric conditions, and large-scale climate signals on ice thinning in Finnish lakes
Naderian, D., Noori, R., Bateni, S. M., Jun, C., Kim, D., Shahmohammad, M., Alizadeh, F., Kianmehr, P. & Woolway, R. I., 25 Feb 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 966Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Physical and chemical impacts of a major storm on a temperate lake: a taste of things to come?
Woolway, R. I., Simpson, J. H., Spiby, D., Feuchtmayr, H., Powell, B. & Maberly, S. C., Nov 2018, In: Climatic Change. 151, 2, p. 333-347Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Phenological shifts in lake stratification under climate change
Woolway, R. I., Sharma, S., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Debolskiy, A., Golub, M., Mercado-Bettin, D., Perroud, M., Stepanenko, V., Tan, Z., Grant, L., Ladwig, R., Mesman, J., Moore, T. N., Shatwell, T., Vanderkelen, I., Austin, J. A., DeGasperi, C. L., Dokulil, M., La Fuente, S., Mackay, E. B., Schladow, S. G., Watanabe, S., Marce, R., Pierson, D. C., Thiery, W. & Jennings, E., 19 Apr 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 2318 (2021).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On thinning ice: Effects of atmospheric warming, changes in wind speed and rainfall on ice conditions in temperate lakes (Northern Poland)
Bartosiewicz, M., Ptak, M., Woolway, R. I. & Sojka, M., 1 Jun 2021, In: Journal of Hydrology. 597, 125724.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Numerical simulation of thermal stratification in Lake Qiandaohu using an improved WRF-Lake model
Wang, X., Wang, W., He, Y., Zhang, S., Huang, W., Woolway, R. I., Shi, K. & Yang, X., 1 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Hydrology. 618, 129184.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Northern Hemisphere Atmospheric Stilling Accelerates Lake Thermal Responses to a Warming World
Woolway, R. I., Merchant, C. J., Van Den Hoek, J., Azorin-Molina, C., Noges, P., Laas, A., Mackay, E. B. & Jones, I. D., 16 Nov 2019, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 46, 21, p. 11983-11992Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nonlinear responses in interannual variability of lake ice to climate change
Richardson, D. C., Filazzola, A., Woolway, R. I., Imrit, M. A., Bouffard, D., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Magnuson, J. & Sharma, S., 1 Apr 2024, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 69, 4, p. 789-801 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New insights on carbon forms in China’s rivers and lakes
Liu, D., Shi, K., Yan, N., Spyrakos, E., Tyler, A. N., Iestyn Woolway, R. & Duan, H., 1 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Science bulletin.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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National-scale remotely sensed lake trophic state from 1984 through 2020
Meyer, M. F., Topp, S. N., King, T. V., Ladwig, R., Pilla, R. M., Dugan, H. A., Eggleston, J. R., Hampton, S. E., Leech, D. M., Oleksy, I. A., Ross, J. C., Ross, M. R. V., Woolway, R. I., Yang, X., Brousil, M. R., Fickas, K. C., Padowski, J. C., Pollard, A. I., Ren, J. & Zwart, J. A., 16 Jan 2024, In: Scientific data. 11, 1, p. 77Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multivariate extremes in lakes
Woolway, R. I., Tong, Y., Feng, L., Zhao, G., Dinh, D. A., Shi, H., Zhang, Y. & Shi, K., 29 May 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-model projections of future evaporation in a sub-tropical lake
La Fuente, S., Jennings, E., Gal, G., Kirillin, G., Shatwell, T., Ladwig, R., Moore, T., Couture, R.-M., Cote, M., Vinna, C. L. R. & Woolway, R. I., Dec 2022, In: Journal of Hydrology. 615, 128729.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-decadal change in summer mean water temperature in Lake Konnevesi, Finland (1984–2021)
Noori, R., Woolway, R. I., Jun, C., Bateni, S. M., Naderian, D., Partani, S., Maghrebi, M. & Pulkkanen, M., 1 Dec 2023, In: Ecological Informatics. 78, 102331.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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More rapid lake heatwave development
Wang, X., Iestyn Woolway, R., Shi, K., Qin, B. & Zhang, Y., 15 Dec 2024, In: Science bulletin. 69, 23, p. 3672-3676 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Loss of Ice Cover, Shifting Phenology, and More Extreme Events in Northern Hemisphere Lakes
Sharma, S., Richardson, D. C., Woolway, R. I., Imrit, M. A., Bouffard, D., Blagrave, K., Daly, J., Filazzola, A., Granin, N., Korhonen, J., Magnuson, J., Marszelewski, W., Matsuzaki, S.-I. S., Perry, W., Robertson, D. M., Rudstam, L. G., Weyhenmeyer, G. A. & Yao, H., 1 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 126, 10, e2021JG006348.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Latitude and lake size are important predictors of over-lake atmospheric stability
Woolway, R. I., Verburg, P., Merchant, C. J., Lenters, J. D., Hamilton, D. P., Brookes, J., Kelly, S., Hook, S., Laas, A., Pierson, D., Rimmer, A., Rusak, J. A. & Jones, I. D., 16 Sept 2017, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 44, 17, p. 8875-8883Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lakes in Hot Water: The Impacts of a Changing Climate on Aquatic Ecosystems
Woolway, R. I., Sharma, S. & Smol, J. P., 30 Oct 2022, In: BioScience. 72, 11, p. 1050-1061 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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LakeMetabolizer: an R package for estimating lake metabolism from free-water oxygen using diverse statistical models
Winslow, L. A., Zwart, J. A., Batt, R. D., Dugan, H. A., Woolway, R. I., Corman, J. R., Hanson, P. C. & Read, J. S., 2 Nov 2016, In: INLAND WATERS. 6, 4, p. 622-636Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lake ice quality in a warming world
Culpepper, J., Jakobsson, E., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Hampton, S. E., Obertegger, U., Shchapov, K., Woolway, R. I. & Sharma, S., 19 Sept 2024, In: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 5, 10, p. 671-685 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lake heatwaves under climate change
Woolway, R. I., Jennings, E., Shatwell, T., Golub, M., Pierson, D. C. & Maberly, S. C., 20 Jan 2021, In: Nature. 589, p. 402-407Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lake Water Temperature Modeling in an Era of Climate Change: Data Sources, Models, and Future Prospects
Piccolroaz, S., Zhu, S., Ladwig, R., Carrea, L., Oliver, S., Piotrowski, A. P., Ptak, M., Shinohara, R., Sojka, M., Woolway, R. I. & Zhu, D. Z., Mar 2024, In: Reviews of Geophysics. 62, 1, e2023RG000816.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lake Ice Will Be Less Safe for Recreation and Transportation Under Future Warming
Woolway, R. I., Huang, L., Sharma, S., Lee, S.-S., Rodgers, K. B. & Timmermann, A., 1 Oct 2022, In: Earth's Future. 10, 10, e2022EF002907.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review