Climate Change and Ecosystem Services of Florida’s Largest Water Body: Lake Okeechobee
Future climate change could result in higher temperatures and greater evaporative water loss in Florida. If these changes are not compensated for by more rainfall, the state’s largest water body, Lake Okeechobee, could experience prolonged periods of very low water levels and catastrophic loss of i...
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Future climate change could result in higher temperatures and greater evaporative water loss in Florida. If these changes are not compensated for by more rainfall, the state’s largest water body, Lake Okeechobee, could experience prolonged periods of very low water levels and catastrophic loss of its ecosystem services, which are the benefits that people receive from ecosystems. This 7-page fact sheet provides background, optimal and actual water levels, projected changes in South Florida climate and their effects on water levels in Lake Okeechobee, their effects on ecosystem services, and possible remedies. Written by Karl Havens, and published by the UF Department of Sea Grant, June 2015.
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| spelling | doaj-art-17870926ef224f71b4586501968485bf2025-02-08T05:58:51ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092015-08-0120155Climate Change and Ecosystem Services of Florida’s Largest Water Body: Lake OkeechobeeKarl Havens0University of Florida Future climate change could result in higher temperatures and greater evaporative water loss in Florida. If these changes are not compensated for by more rainfall, the state’s largest water body, Lake Okeechobee, could experience prolonged periods of very low water levels and catastrophic loss of its ecosystem services, which are the benefits that people receive from ecosystems. This 7-page fact sheet provides background, optimal and actual water levels, projected changes in South Florida climate and their effects on water levels in Lake Okeechobee, their effects on ecosystem services, and possible remedies. Written by Karl Havens, and published by the UF Department of Sea Grant, June 2015. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/132208SG137 |
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| title | Climate Change and Ecosystem Services of Florida’s Largest Water Body: Lake Okeechobee |
| title_full | Climate Change and Ecosystem Services of Florida’s Largest Water Body: Lake Okeechobee |
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| title_short | Climate Change and Ecosystem Services of Florida’s Largest Water Body: Lake Okeechobee |
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