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The impact of extreme heat on lake warming in China. / Wang, Weijia; Shi, Kun; Wang, Xiwen et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 15, No. 1, 70, 02.01.2024.

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Wang, W, Shi, K, Wang, X, Zhang, Y, Qin, B, Zhang, Y & Woolway, RI 2024, 'The impact of extreme heat on lake warming in China', Nature Communications, vol. 15, no. 1, 70. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44404-7

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Wang, W., Shi, K., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Qin, B., Zhang, Y., & Woolway, R. I. (2024). The impact of extreme heat on lake warming in China. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 70. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44404-7

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Wang W, Shi K, Wang X, Zhang Y, Qin B, Zhang Y, Woolway RI. 2024. The impact of extreme heat on lake warming in China. Nature Communications. 15(1):Article 70. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44404-7

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Wang, Weijia et al. "The impact of extreme heat on lake warming in China". Nature Communications. 2024. 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44404-7

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Wang W, Shi K, Wang X, Zhang Y, Qin B, Zhang Y et al. The impact of extreme heat on lake warming in China. Nature Communications. 2024 Jan 2;15(1):70. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44404-7

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Wang, Weijia ; Shi, Kun ; Wang, Xiwen et al. / The impact of extreme heat on lake warming in China. In: Nature Communications. 2024 ; Vol. 15, No. 1.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - The impact of extreme heat on lake warming in China

AU - Wang, Weijia

AU - Shi, Kun

AU - Wang, Xiwen

AU - Zhang, Yunlin

AU - Qin, Boqiang

AU - Zhang, Yibo

AU - Woolway, R. Iestyn

N1 - © 2024. The Author(s).

PY - 2024/1/2

Y1 - 2024/1/2

N2 - Global lake ecosystems are subjected to an increased occurrence of heat extremes, yet their impact on lake warming remains poorly understood. In this study, we employed a hybrid physically-based/statistical model to assess the contribution of heat extremes to variations in surface water temperature of 2260 lakes in China from 1985 to 2022. Our study indicates that heat extremes are increasing at a rate of about 2.08 days/decade and an intensity of about 0.03 °C/ day·decade in China. The warming rate of lake surface water temperature decreases from 0.16 °C/decade to 0.13 °C/decade after removing heat extremes. Heat extremes exert a considerable influence on long-term lake surface temperature changes, contributing 36.5% of the warming trends within the studied lakes. Given the important influence of heat extremes on the mean warming of lake surface waters, it is imperative that they are adequately accounted for in climate impact studies.

AB - Global lake ecosystems are subjected to an increased occurrence of heat extremes, yet their impact on lake warming remains poorly understood. In this study, we employed a hybrid physically-based/statistical model to assess the contribution of heat extremes to variations in surface water temperature of 2260 lakes in China from 1985 to 2022. Our study indicates that heat extremes are increasing at a rate of about 2.08 days/decade and an intensity of about 0.03 °C/ day·decade in China. The warming rate of lake surface water temperature decreases from 0.16 °C/decade to 0.13 °C/decade after removing heat extremes. Heat extremes exert a considerable influence on long-term lake surface temperature changes, contributing 36.5% of the warming trends within the studied lakes. Given the important influence of heat extremes on the mean warming of lake surface waters, it is imperative that they are adequately accounted for in climate impact studies.

U2 - 10.1038/s41467-023-44404-7

DO - 10.1038/s41467-023-44404-7

M3 - Article

C2 - 38167519

VL - 15

JO - Nature Communications

JF - Nature Communications

SN - 2041-1723

IS - 1

M1 - 70

ER -