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A world without lake ice?

Seasonal lake ice cover is rapidly disappearing, and with it, ecosystem services that support human life and culture. Lake ice provides natural resources such as fresh water, food, transportation, and renewable energy. But it also supports emotional wellbeing by connecting remote communities through ice roads... click to read more

Sapna Sharma | Associate Professor at Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Simon R. Watson | Research Associate at Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Catherine O’Reilly | Associate Professor at Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA

climate change

lake ice loss

extreme events

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Jul 19, 2019