More than half of the largest lakes and water reservoirs around the globe have lost water, a new study found.
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“Loss prevails across major global regions including western Central Asia, the Middle East, western India, eastern China, northern and eastern Europe, Oceania, the conterminous United States, northern Canada, southern Africa, and most of South America,” the study authorsthough lakes and reservoirs are a small portion of the planet’s surface, these bodies “store 87% of Earth’s liquid surface fresh water,” according to t.
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