The total shoreline of the world’s lakes is more than four times longer than the global ocean coastline. And if all the water in those lakes were spread over the Earth’s landmass, it would form a layer some four feet (1.3 metres) deep.
 

Classified as: environment, ecology, Geography, global, Lehner, lakes, database, Messager, watersheds
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Published on: 15 Dec 2016

The organisms commonly known as blue-green algae have proliferated much more rapidly than other algae in lakes across North America and Europe over the past two centuries – and in many cases the rate of increase has sharply accelerated since the mid-20th century, according to an international team of researchers led by scientists at McGill University.

Classified as: environment, ecology, Research, water, climate change, toxins, McGill News, blue-green algae, cyanobacteria, lakes
Published on: 26 Feb 2015
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