Warming Lakes: Climate Change Threatens the Ecological Stability of Lake Tanganyika

National Geographic: Tropical lakes in East Africa don't grab headlines the way polar bears do, but climate change is having an effect on them, too. Although the changes are not as visible as melting polar ice caps, they are no less real. As in many lakes around the world, water temperature is on the rise in Lake Tanganyika. This and other climate-related factors are causing subtle but significant changes that threaten the ecological stability of the lake and the livelihoods of people who depend on it. With air...

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