Earth Sciences

Emerging unprecedented lake ice loss in climate change projections

L. Huang, A. Timmermann, et al.

This groundbreaking research by Lei Huang and colleagues reveals that the Community Earth System Model projects a staggering 38-day decrease in average lake ice coverage duration and a 0.23 m reduction in maximum ice thickness over the next 80 years. The findings point to significant changes in lake ecosystems, particularly in the Canadian Arctic and Tibetan Plateau, where some regions may experience no-analog ice coverage in just a few decades.