LakeNet

LakeNet's World Lakes website is an archive of information about protecting and restoring the health of lakes throughout the world.

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

@neilchawkins @CGLRGreatlakes @GLCommission @IJCsharedwaters @Tom4tnc @pjdgreatlakes It was this same insight in the mid 1990s that led to the founding of LakeNet @WorldLakes (nonprofit now dissolved) and resulted in this global study (now a bit dated) to document lessons learned in lake basin management: https://t.co/zlCTVwgR83

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

Climate change is warming many lakes faster than it’s warming the oceans and the air https://t.co/LmDaUrPbvB

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

Not mentioned in the BBC story is the impact on water levels of Tis Abay II hydro facility, operating since 2003 on the headwaters of the Blue Nile at the outlet of #LakeTana. I took this photo in Nov. 2003 & met the IMAX film crew in this story: https://t.co/QL5SCFYOlS 2/2

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

I visited this lake in 2003 while working with LakeNet @WorldLakes and am shocked to see photos of how much the invasive water hyacinth has advanced. BBC News - Ethiopia's Lake Tana threatened by alien weed invasion https://t.co/BAWsDEr1a1 #disappearinglakes 1/2

[Keith Matheny @keithmatheny]

Though Lyme disease is well-established elsewhere in Upper Midwest, Michigan had been largely spared. No longer.
https://t.co/Xitv9IJ0ua

[Water News Global @WaterTrends]

CANADA SEWAGE DUMP: Billions of litres of raw sewage, untreated waste water pouring into Cdn waterways -CBC https://t.co/gyUu3luaHp #CDNpoli

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

Thx @mindym1101 for pointing out the misleading title of this otherwise good article about #LakeBaikal (algae mentioned is not toxic). https://t.co/3OZ0OOJ0VE

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

Climate, human influence conspired in Lake Urmia's decline https://t.co/hyGRzthaeh via @physorg_com #climatechange #disappearinglakes

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

Shocking Photos Show China's Largest Freshwater Lake Is Drying Up Fast via @EcoWatch https://t.co/tMxUvE7w6a #disappearinglakes

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

Toxic dust from the dying Salton Sea #disappearinglakes https://t.co/cynV46VIc8

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

NatGeo asked photographers to show the impact of #climatechange - nice to see a few #lake examples in the mix! https://t.co/c34TfSBZwl

[LakeNet @WorldLakes]

Nicaragua building canal with no consideration for ecological consequences, including to Lake Cocibolca http://t.co/kMbdsTKup5 #worldlakes

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

Environmentalists call on @WorldBank to halt funding for projects that alter flow on rivers leading to #LakeBaikal http://t.co/sxekJ9Vfhd

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

Not a good week for #worldlakes: Gibe III Reservoir Begins Filling, Launching Lake Turkana’s Slow Decline http://t.co/xGYUJYbCsk

[Water News Global @WaterTrends]

FISHING UK: Chemicals in freshwater fish put health at risk; significant levels of toxics - Independent http://t.co/nyKbco7A7l #WaterNews

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

Cool video: Backpackers Walk Across a Completely Clear Frozen Lake
via @SmithsonianMag
http://t.co/j4U7nOnwuV

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

Brightening Lake Elton in Russia, one of Europe's largest and saltiest inland lakes http://t.co/e39FZ6IBV6 #NASA

[NASA Earth @NASAEarth]

Megadunes and Desert Lakes in China http://t.co/XTIHLnm31H #NASA

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

Example of 'aquatic osteoporosis' jellying North American #lakes (Image courtesy of Queen's University).

[Lisa Borre @lisa_borre]

'Aquatic osteoporosis' jellifying #lakes in North America, says a new Queen's University study http://t.co/DR7s2pbLQq