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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Warming May Be Drying Up Alaska's Lakes, Photo Study Says


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Waterfowl, such as these American wigeons, might be at risk as Alaska's lakes dry up due to pressures from global warming, a new study reports. Researchers analyzing aerial photographs of nine lake-strewn tracts in the U.S. state say that some lakes in the region have shrunk by 14 to 31 percent.

Photograph by Tim McCabe, courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service