Read the article: "Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe" by O Reilly
Link: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2015GL066235
1. Please describe the goals of the study. Based on your reading of
the paper, according to the authors why is this an important subject for study?
2. Briefly describe the methods used by the authors to conduct their study.
3. What were the major findings of this paper? In particular, how fast (on average) is
lake surface temperature increasing, and how does the warming rate vary among different lake
types? What lake type(s) have the fastest warming rates? Which type(s) have the slowest
warming rates?
4. In some lakes, surface water temperature is increasing faster than air temperature.
What lakes show this pattern, and what can explain how water temperature increase faster
than air temperature?
4. What do you think is the most important graphic (figure or table) in the paper, in
terms of conveying the findings of the research? Why?
5. What might be the next steps in this line of research? What kinds of additional data or studies might be
needed, after this study, to advance our understanding of how and why lake temperatures are
increasing?
Read the article: "Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe" by O Reilly
Link: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2015GL066235
1. Please describe the goals of the study. Based on your reading of
the paper, according to the authors why is this an important subject for study?
2. Briefly describe the methods used by the authors to conduct their study.
3. What were the major findings of this paper? In particular, how fast (on average) is
lake surface temperature increasing, and how does the warming rate vary among different lake
types? What lake type(s) have the fastest warming rates? Which type(s) have the slowest
warming rates?
4. In some lakes, surface water temperature is increasing faster than air temperature.
What lakes show this pattern, and what can explain how water temperature increase faster
than air temperature?
4. What do you think is the most important graphic (figure or table) in the paper, in
terms of conveying the findings of the research? Why?
5. What might be the next steps in this line of research? What kinds of additional data or studies might be
needed, after this study, to advance our understanding of how and why lake temperatures are
increasing?
