Professor
Faculty of Science - Department of Biology
326, Lumbers - LUMKeele CampusPhone: 416-736-2100 Ext. 33761
sharma11@yorku.caKey Areas of Expertise
- climate change
- invasive species
- impact of environmental stressors on lakes
- water quality
- freshwater fisheries
- habitat alteration on lakes
For more information go to
Sharma Lab
Media Release: New lake surface temperature database will help to study climate change
Toronto Star - Great Lakes are warming more than twice as fast as the oceans, new study says
Radio Canada International - New research: world’s lakes rapidly warming
Discovery News - Climate Change Is Heating Lakes Rapidly
YouTube - YorkU Science: Sapna Sharma Research
National Geographic - Japanese Monks Recorded the Climate for 700 Years
National Geographic - Lake Suwa’s Shinto Legend and the Oldest Lake Ice Record on Earth: What It Tells Us About Climate Change and Variability
CBC Radio: Quirks & Quarks - Priests and traders collected climate data 600 years ago
CBC Radio: Quirks & Quarks - World's Lakes Are In Hot Water
Radio Canada International - The Link
Radio Canada International - Human records confirm climate warming science, (or vice versa)
CBC News - Industrial Revolution strongly tied to earlier thaws, later freezes: study
National Geographic - The Great Lakes depend on ice. This winter, they barely froze.
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