Sentences with phrase «deep lakes warm»

Deep lakes warm very slowly in the spring, and small changes in water temperature at the end of winter can lead to large changes in the timing of summer stratification for these lakes.

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In response, lakebed temperatures of Arctic lakes less than 1 meter (3 feet) deep have warmed by 2.4 degrees Celsius (4.3 degrees Fahrenheit) during the past three decades, and during five of the last seven years, the mean annual lakebed temperature has been above freezing.

In contrast, shallow lakes warm much more quickly in the spring, so the timing of their summer stratification is much less variable than for deep lakes.

Located along the Andes Mountains, it is the largest lake in South America and is situated in such a way that mountain breezes tangle with warm lake air to create a perfect storm, so to speak, of storms — an enduring deep convection that results in 297 thunderstorms a year.

The invasion of Bythotrephes into lakes in the northern US and Canada is unrelated to climate change, but is closely tied to the presence of a deep water, low light relative warm refuge from predatory fish.

However, there is no evidence at all for geothermal (volcanic warming) of the deeper waters of the lake.

In addition, there are a completely unknown number of thermal vents directly warming the bottoms of the oceans, and some lakes, emitting a completely unknown amount of heat into the deep water.