Across the Arctic, lake ice is melting out earlier in the spring
A study of 13,000 lakes throughout the Arctic finds that ice-out could occur as much as month earlier each spring in the decades to come. Such changes would result in increased levels of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere and affect the livelihoods of nearby communities that rely on lakes for subsistence or transport during winter months.
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