Stephen M. Powers Hilary A. Dugan Lesley B. Knoll Bailey C. McMeans Michael Frederick Meyer Catherine M. O’Reilly Ted Ozersky Sapna Sharma David C Barrett Sudeep Chandra Joachim Jansen Ryan P. McClure Milla Rautio Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer Xiao Yang Stephanie E. Hampton 2024 <div>More than half a billion people live near lakes that freeze over in the winter. However, lakes are rapidly losing winter ice cover in response to warming, and the rate of loss has accelerated over the past 25 years. Hampton<span>&nbsp;</span><i>et al</i>. reviewed the state of seasonal ice cover on lakes and discuss some of the consequences of its disappearance. Ice loss will affect culture, economy, water quality, fisheries, and biodiversity, as well as weather and climate. —Jesse Smith</div> application/pdf 10.1126/science.adl3211 en Science Environmental and societal consequences of winter ice loss from lakes article