Dry inland waters are underrated players in climate change

(Forschungsverbund Berlin) Climate change causes an increase in the number of freshwaters that run dry, at least temporarily. Around 90,000 square kilometres of water surface have already vanished in the last 30 years. This trend is not only a threat to drinking water reserves and major ecosystems - dried freshwaters also play an important role in the global carbon cycle. Two recently published studies reveal that the importance of this phenomenon has so far been underrated.