Impact of Climate Change on Hydrology

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".

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Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-712 Poznań, Poland
Interests: climate change; ice cover; ice phenomena; water temperature; water level; water resources; lake disappearance; high mountain lakes
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College of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225000, China
Interests: modelling of contaminant transport and transformation in aquatic systems; sediment transport in river and reservoir systems; riverine nutrient fluxes modeling in Earth System Models (ESMs); impact of climate change on aquatic systems
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Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Interests: physical, chemical, and biological structuring of lakes, rivers, and reservoirs with implications for the development of cyanobacterial blooms, microbial carbon processing, and exchange of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4 and N2O); new processes involved in methane production in well-oxygenated waters; change in carbon processing and storage as a consequence of diverse influences from plankton activities; effects of warming and eutrophication
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Dear Colleagues,

Lakes constitute an important element of the hydrosphere. Due to the high ability to accumulate energy and matter, they stand out among other components of the environment. These properties make them important in the context of water circulation, biodiversity, availability of water resources, economy, recreation, etc. In many regions of the world, they are therefore of key significance in purely environmental terms, but also through their direct importance in human life. Due to the observed climate change, many current processes are subject to transformation, considerably affecting the functioning of the entire lake ecosystem. Some examples of these include, among others, water level fluctuations, water temperature, ice cover, water quality, and hydrobiological conditions. According to the forecasts of climate change, in most assumed scenarios, the current direction will not change, and the rate of changes can be even higher than it is today. Therefore, it is important to have as detailed information as possible on the response of lakes to climate change. Such knowledge provides the basis for interpretation of changes in a broader aspect referring to lake catchments or regions.

We encourage all authors dealing with the broadly defined issue of lake studies to publish their papers in the present Special Issue. In addition to its purely scientific character, knowledge concerning responses and rate of changes occurring in lakes due to climate conditions can also have an applicative character, providing the necessary basis for undertaking corrective measures aimed at slowing down the effects of global warming.

Dr. Mariusz Ptak
Prof. Dr. Mariusz Sojka
Dr. Senlin Zhu
Dr. Maciej Bartosiewicz
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Keywords

  • lakes
  • climate change
  • global warming
  • water temperature
  • water level
  • ice cover
  • water resources
  • water quality

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Trends of Changes in Minimum Lake Water Temperature in Poland
by Mariusz Ptak, Temidayo Olowoyeye and Mariusz Sojka
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(24), 12601; https://doi.org/10.3390/app122412601 - 08 Dec 2022
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Water temperature in lakes is their basic property that determines many processes. Changes in average values are thoroughly investigated using a long-term approach. Knowledge of extreme situations such as temperature minimums is still insufficient. This paper analyses changes in the minimum temperature in [...] Read more.
Water temperature in lakes is their basic property that determines many processes. Changes in average values are thoroughly investigated using a long-term approach. Knowledge of extreme situations such as temperature minimums is still insufficient. This paper analyses changes in the minimum temperature in 10 lakes in Poland in the period 1972–2021. The obtained results show variability over the course of the parameter, both at the annual and monthly scale. In the first case, half of the analysed set showed statistically significant increasing trends (on average 0.10 °C per decade). In the latter case, the greatest changes occurred in the months of the warm half-year (on average 0.57 °C per decade). The reported situation is caused by the individual conditions of particular lakes, i.e., their location, morphometric parameters, or the dynamics of the occurrence of ice phenomena. A successive increase in the minimum temperature in lakes has its consequences for biotic and abiotic processes. Exceeding specific thresholds results in the evident transformation of these ecosystems. Full article
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