Thunderstorm over Lake Geneva, Switzerland (IMAGE)
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As the power of extreme weather events increase with climate change, an international team of 39 scientists warn that lakes around the world may dramatically change, threatening ecosystem health and water quality. And the scientists reports that our limited understanding of how lakes -- especially algae at the base of food webs--may respond to more-extreme storms represents a knowledge gap that increases the risk.
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Samuel Nanchen
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