The reason why some lakes are getting murkier

A study of some 5,000 lakes in Wisconsin has found over a quarter have become murkier over a twenty year period. The rate of murkiness is expected to increase with global warming.

The reason for the lakes becoming murky relates to the level of precipitation and the run-off of water from agricultural soil. This is the finding from recent research conducted by scientists based at the .. University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.    ...more

Ken Notes: Again we may need to focus on the run-off, not the warming...