Climate-driven mixing regime shifts catalyze catastrophic extreme algal blooms across global lakes

Key Points

• This research examines how climate-induced changes in mixing processes affect algal bloom occurrences across lakes globally.
• Analyzed data from multiple lakes worldwide to assess mixing regime shifts and algal bloom events.
• Utilized statistical models to correlate climate variables with bloom dynamics and ecosystem responses.
• Identified a significant increase in extreme algal blooms coinciding with altered mixing regimes across sampled lakes.
• Quantified the relationship between temperature rise and bloom severity, indicating a 30% increase in bloom frequency with each degree Celsius rise.

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