New Scientist: THE lake-spotted landscape of Canada is home to a watery mystery. According to a painstaking satellite survey of 1.3 million lakes stretching from coast to coast, the country lost 6700 square kilometres - or 1.2 per cent - of its water surface area between 2000 and 2009. Yet what we know about the physical processes at play suggests the lakes should be growing, not shrinking.
Whatever the cause, the loss could impact local wildlife and human populations. "It's an important finding. We need to......
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Strange case of the vanishing Arctic lakes
Posted by New Scientist: Chelsea Whyte on October 18th, 2011
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