Lakes Melt Earlier
Winter ice on more than 117 million lakes at higher latitudes is melting about eight days earlier due to global heating. Iestyn Woolway of Bangor University in Wales says the earlier melt is affecting plants and wildlife while altering the local climate.
Ice currently forms on more than half of the world’s lakes, with 90% of them located north of 30 degrees in latitude. Woolway says lakes will eventually be free of ice somewhere between 15 and 45 days earlier, which will bring local warming of between 2 and 6 degrees surrounding the lakes.
Spike in Amazon emissions linked to lack of law enforcement
Carbon emissions in the Amazon region in 2019 and 2020 more than doubled compared to the average of the previous eight years, according to a new study. Deforestation for agriculture and fires were the main drivers of the increase, according to the authors. The scientists say that a "collapse" in law enforcement in recent years has encouraged forest clearing.
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