ArticleNature communications2024
Nitrogen and phosphorus trends in lake sediments of China may diverge.
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- One-third of global lake nitrous oxide emissions are concentrated in the northern temperate zone (40°N-50°N).Science advances · 2026Article
- China's lakes remain carbon sources: Insights from the balance between intrinsic carbon sequestration and emissions.Science advances · 2026Article
- A multi-source dissolved carbon dataset for China's inland waters over the past three decades: concentration, storage, and flux.Scientific data · 2026Article
- Organic carbon sink dynamics and carbon sink-source balance in global lakes during the Anthropocene.Fundamental research · 2026Article
- Nitrogen and phosphorus trends in lake sediments of China may diverge.Nature communications · 2024Article
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Abstract
The brief history of monitoring nutrient levels in Chinese lake waters limits our understanding of the causes and the long-term trends of their eutrophication and constrains effective lake management. We therefore synthesize nutrient data from lakes in China to reveal the historical changes and project their future trends to 2100 using models. Here we show that the average concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus in lake sediments have increased by 267% and 202%, respectively since 1850. In the model projections, 2030-2100, the nitrogen concentrations in the studied lakes in China may decrease, for example, by 87% in the southern districts and by 19% in the northern districts. However, the phosphorus concentrations will continue to increase by an average of 25% in the Eastern Plain, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and Xinjiang. Based on this differentiation, we suggest that nitrogen and phosphorus management in Chinese lakes should be carried out at the district level to help develop rational and sustainable environmental management strategies.
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