Internal Research Fellowship - 2020

Iestyn Woolway. Iesytn's Fellowship investigated the global responses of lakes to climate change. This includes aspects such as climate-induced variations in lake surface temperature, the occurrence of thermal extremes, changing stratification patterns, lake ice dynamics, and water level/extent. Most notably, using a combination of modelled (e.g., from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project) and satellite data (e.g., from ESA CCI Lakes) my research aims to answer key questions that relate to climate-related changes in lakes worldwide, and to understand the implications of these changes to the ecosystem services that lakes provide. Current Publications resulting from this fellowship include:

• Woolway, R.I., Jennings, E., Shatwell, T., et al. (2021), Lake heatwaves under climate change. Nature 589, 402-407
• Woolway, R.I., Maberly, S.C. (2020), Climate velocity in inland standing waters, Nature Climate Change 10, 1124-1129
• Woolway, R.I., Kraemer, B.M., Lenters, J.D. et al. (2020), Global lake responses to climate change. Nature Reviews: Earth and Environment 1, 388-403
• R. Iestyn Woolway, Clément Albergel, et al. (2022) Severe Lake Heatwaves Attributable to Human-Induced Global Warming. Geophysical Research letters