Variations in surface area and biogeochemistry of subarctic-arctic lakes established through satellite and in-situ observations: An overview of published research from the past 30 years.

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Zhao, Ruixue, Shang, Yingxin, Jacinthe, Pierre-André, Li, Sijia, Liu, Ge, Wen, Zhidan, Wang, Zijin, Yang, Qian, Fang, Chong, Song, Kaishan
• Format: Review
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science 2024
• Subjects: Climate warming; Lake ice; Permafrost thawing; Subarctic and Arctic lake; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Climate change; Ice; permafrost; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172797; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38679084

Human activities have strongly impacted the global climate, and during the last few decades the global average temperature has risen at a rate faster than at any time on record. High latitude lakes in the subarctic and arctic permafrost regions have particularly been vulnerable given the "Arcti...