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The 11 largest lakes on the planet hold more than 50 percent of the surface freshwater that millions of people and many more living organisms require to survive. A new study highlights how these lakes absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and how their ability to do so has changed over the last two decades. The study used a combination of satellite observation and fieldwork to establish a key factor in the role of lakes as carbon sinks, places where carbon dioxide is absorbed from the atmo...

Date Time World’s Largest Lakes Reveal Climate Change Trends Sixteen years of remote sensing data reveals that in Earth’s largest freshwater lakes, climate change influences carbon fixation trends. NASA-funded research on the 11 largest freshwater lakes in the world coupled field and satellite observations to provide a new understanding of how large bodies of water fix carbon, as well as ...