Climate change 'heating' lakes on Earth

Many of the world's largest lakes have been warming up over the past 25 years due to the effects of climate change, warned by the JPL Laboratory of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA).

Large lakes on Earth are getting warmer due to climate change - (Photo: internet)

According to JPL , their researchers came to this conclusion after using satellite data to measure the surface temperature of 167 large lakes in the world. JPL says this is the first comprehensive global survey of temperature trends in large lakes.

Specifically, they found that the average temperature of the lakes increased by 0.45 degrees Celsius per decade, including some lakes rising above 1 degree C. Particularly, lakes in the northern hemisphere had the highest growth rates. .

According to the researchers, the increase in water temperature could significantly increase algae species, causing poisoning to the fish, or enabling alien species to proliferate and dominate. Indigenous species and alter natural ecosystems of lakes.

' Our analyzes will provide a new and independent database to assess the impact of climate change on land worldwide, ' said Philipp Schneider, the lead author of the study. to speak. ' This result also implies that pond ecosystems may be adversely affected by changes in water surface temperature, even at the smallest level '.