Global lake health in the Anthropocene: Societal implications and treatment strategies

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF004387" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF004387</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023EF004387" target="_blank" >10.1029/2023EF004387</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Global lake health in the Anthropocene: Societal implications and treatment strategies

Original language description

The world's 1.4 million lakes (>= 10 ha) provide many ecosystem services that are essential for human well-being., however, only if their health status is good. Here, we reviewed common lake health issues and classified them using a simple human health-based approach to outline that lakes are living systems that are in need of oxygen, clean water and a balanced energy and nutrient supply. The main reason for adopting some of the human health terminology for the lake health classification is to increase the awareness and understanding of global lake health issues. We show that lakes are exposed to various anthropogenic stressors which can result in many lake health issues, ranging from thermal, circulatory, respiratory, nutritional and metabolic issues to infections and poisoning. Of particular concern for human well-being is the widespread lake drying, which is a severe circulatory issue with many cascading effects on lake health. We estimated that similar to 115,000 lakes evaporate twice as much water as they gain from direct precipitation, making them vulnerable to potential drying if inflowing waters follow the drying trend, putting more than 153 million people at risk who live in close vicinity to those lakes. Where lake health issues remain untreated, essential ecosystem services will decline or even vanish, posing a threat to the well-being of millions of people. We recommend coordinated multisectoral and multidisciplinary prevention and treatment strategies, which need to include a follow-up of the progress and an assessment of the resilience of lakes to intensifying threats. Priority should be given to implementing sewage water treatment, mitigating climate change, counteracting introductions of non-native species to lakes and decreasing uncontrolled anthropogenic releases of chemicals into the hydro-, bio-, and atmosphere.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10503 - Water resources

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Earth's Future

ISSN

2328-4277

e-ISSN

2328-4277

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

24

Pages from-to

e2023EF004387

UT code for WoS article

001204269400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85190647797