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Warming climate causing Alaska lakes to dry up

del35 rated 24 months ago
From the page: "More than 10,000 Alaskan lakes "shrunk in size or completely dried up" between 1950 and 2002 according to according to a study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research-- Biogeosciences. The study says that during this period, "Alaska has experienced a warm...

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del35 rated 24 months ago
From the page: "More than 10,000 Alaskan lakes "shrunk in size or completely dried up" between 1950 and 2002 according to according to a study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research-- Biogeosciences. The study says that during this period, "Alaska has experienced a warming climate with longer growing seasons, increased thawing of permafrost, and greater water loss due to evaporation from open water and transpiration from vegetation; yet there has been no substantial change in precipitation." "