Loch Nevis is pictured from a track above Inverie on the Knoydart peninsular, in the Scottish Highlands in May 2020. Photo: Andy Buchanan/AFP
Climate change has caused a rapid and extensive rise in temperature in Scotland's lochs and reservoirs, according to research published Apr 26 that predicts the trend will continue if nothing is done.
Between 2015 and 2019, 97% of monitored Scottish lochs and reservoirs increased in temperature, with most (88%) warming by between 0.25 and 1.0 degrees Celsius per year over the period, the Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW) said.A small number, 9%, increased by 1.0 to 1.3 degrees Celsius per year in the same period.
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