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Lake Louise, Canada. Reflection of Mt. Burgess in the first gap in the ice after winter.

Lakes freezing later in winter leads to less algae in the spring

1 December 2021

A unique experiment in a Canadian lake has found that the timing of when ice forms can have a big impact on the organisms that live in it the following year

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Lakes freezing later in winter leads to less algae in the spring

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