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À l’été 2022, la France découvre avec effroi les ravages de la sécheresse. Sous nos yeux défilent des paysages irréels de lacs changés en mers végétales, les incendies se multiplient, plusieurs communes doivent être alimentées en eau par camionsciternes. L’hiver qui suit n’offre pas de meilleures conditions. Entre janvier et février 2023, la France métropolitaine fait face à 32 jours consécutifs sans pluie. Un record !

In this Very Short Introduction, Warwick Vincent outlines the essential features of lake environments and their biology, offering an up-to-date view of lake ecosystems. Vincent traces the origins of lake science (limnology) from the seminal work of Francois Forel on Lake Geneva at the edge of the Swiss Alps, to modern approaches such as environmental sensors, satellite observations, stable isotope analysis, and DNA-based technologies which are used to probe the microbial life support systems that lead from sunlight to fish.

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