Emerging unprecedented lake ice loss in climate change projections

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Huang, Lei, Timmermann, Axel, Lee, Sun-Seon, Rodgers, Keith B., Yamaguchi, Ryohei, Chung, Eui-Seok
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Arctic Lake; albedo; Climate change
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9527235/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36184681; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33495-3

Seasonal ice in lakes plays an important role for local communities and lake ecosystems. Here we use Large Ensemble simulations conducted with the Community Earth System Model version 2, which includes a lake simulator, to quantify the response of lake ice to greenhouse warming and to determine emer...