Evaporative water loss of 1.42 million global lakes

Gang Zhao; Yao Li; Liming Zhou; Huilin Gao

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31125-6

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Evaporative water loss of 1.42 million global lakes

Gang Zhao,
Yao Li,
Liming Zhou,
Huilin Gao

Affiliations

Gang Zhao: Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science
Yao Li: Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University
Liming Zhou: Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, State University of New York at Albany
Huilin Gao: Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31125-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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While the evaporative water loss from global lakes is invisible, the volume is substantial. In recent decades, lake evaporation volume has been significantly increasing due to enhanced evaporation rate, melting lake ice, and expansion of water extent.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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