Bangor University
Bangor University is a university that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
Research finds high-latitude lakes warming at a rapid pace
Half the world’s lakes are located at high latitudes, and new research in the journal Nature Water has found that they are warming at a rapid pace.
Linking the mechanics of lake heat waves and potentially poisonous blooms
One of the world’s largest freshwater lakes is proving to be a useful model in predicting how heatwaves trigger potentially harmful blooms in freshwater lakes.
Lakes reflect the pace of shifting seasons, shows study
Spring comes earlier, autumn later, and summer has lengthened by 5.6 days per decade in Northern Hemisphere lakes.
World’s lakes experience excess warming
More than half the world’s 117 million lakes experience ice cover for part of the year. But with the rise in global temperatures, the timing of seasonal ice formation and loss are changing at rapid rates.
Climate change will impact water availability for hydropower and public water supply in Wales
Wales could face public water supply challenges and lower hydro power generation potential in the future according to new research. The findings of a recently published study conducted by Bangor University researchers, as part of the ERDF funded Dŵr Uisce project, shows that water availability in Wales will become more seasonal under future climate change.
What role do forests play for natural flood management in the UK?
Recently published research conducted by Bangor University and Forest Research reviews the current state of knowledge on the role of forested lands for natural flood management (NFM) in the UK. Published in the WIREs Water journal, the review examines the existing evidence on the role that different types of forest cover play for NFM.
New study: Microplastic pollution widespread in British lakes and rivers
New research by Bangor University and Friends of the Earth has found microplastic pollution in some of Britain’s most iconic and remote rivers and lakes. The study, believed to be the first of its kind, looked at ten sites – including lakes in the Lake District, waterways in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, […]