Dr Iestyn Woolway
NERC Independent Research Fellow

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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. 1288-1306Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Energy input and dissipation in a temperate lake during the spring transition
Woolway, R. & Simpson, J., Aug 2017, In: Ocean Dynamics. 67, 8, p. 959-971Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 274Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 2436-2449Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, 12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 388-403Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 313Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 427-442Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 322-332Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, 56Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, 12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 3087-3098Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. e2024GL111300Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review