EU–(ENEWSPF)–3 February 2014. Ice in northern Alaska’s lakes during winter months is on the decline. Twenty years of satellite radar imagery show how changes in our climate are affecting high-latitude environments.
Changes in air temperature and winter precipitation over the last five decades have affected the timing, duration and thickness of the ice cover on lakes in the Arctic.
In this region, warmer climate conditions result in thinner ice cover on shallow lakes and, consequently,…
