It’s not clear exactly what the warming trend will mean for the hundreds who flock to Lake Washington each summer for easy access to swimming and boating. Even with the region’s population ...

His research on Lake Washington showed a rise of 3 degrees Fahrenheit over a 35-year period from the 1960s to the 1990s - a warming rate that exceeds the global average found in the new study.

MELBOURNE — Carolyn Vanzo dips a plastic bottle into Lake Washington. The water that gurgles inside hints at a future fraught with more frequent, severe toxic algae blooms and costlier tap water ...

Scientists say Lake Washington is already starting to show effects from climate change. Last year the average annual temperature was just over 51 degrees Fahrenheit, up from 47.9 degrees in 1963 ...

ABOARD THE SOUNDGUARDIAN, Lake Washington — The region's cold, watery heart is nestled between Seattle and the Eastside. It uniquely supports two major roadways atop floating bridges, has ...

Lakes holding half of the world's freshwater are warming faster than oceans or air, suggesting that large changes in freshwater resources and processes are already under way, researchers say.

Lake Michigan also experienced rapid warming and more ice-free years. Lake Superior is warming up three times as fast as the global average, which is around 0.61 degrees (0.34 Celsius) per decade.

But Lake Washington sockeye, once the largest run of sockeye in the Lower 48, are failing. The smallest run on record returned to the Cedar River in 2020, a bottoming out after years of declines.

Initial thoughts are that it may have died from warming Lake Washington waters or perhaps a parasite, but at this point, no one knows. "She's giving us clues," Mooney said.

A few degrees may not sound like much, but as the Washington Post reported, some effects are already being seen. In Rhode Island, which the newspaper said was the fastest-warming state in the ...

The Great Salt Lake released 4.1 million tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in 2020, researchers found — more evidence that dried-out lakes are a significant source of emissions.