The researchers used satellite measurements of nearly 2,000 of the world’s largest lakes and reservoirs, which together represent 95% of Earth’s total lake water storage. Examining more than ...

Over half the world's lakes are drying up, scientists have found, and it's mostly our fault. According to a new paper published on Thursday in the journal Science, 53 percent of lakes worldwide ...

More than half of the world's large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and ...