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South America’s Lake Titicaca nears record low water level as El Nino bites

Isabel Apaza shows the area of Lake Titicaca without water in drought season, in Huarina, Bolivia on 3rd August, 2023.

Lima, Peru Reuters The water level at Lake Titicaca on the Peru-Bolivia border is edging towards a record low, exacerbated by the weather phenomenon known as El Nino that is expected to get still more intense in coming months.  The waters of the sprawling freshwater lake nestled in the Andes mountains have fallen an average […]

More than half of the world’s large lakes are drying up, study finds

A view of Elizabeth Lake, that has been dried up for several years, as the region experiences extreme heat and drought conditions, in Elizabeth Lake, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, US, on 18th June, 2021.

London, UK Reuters 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 human consumption, a study published on Thursday found.  A team of international researchers reported that some of the world’s most important freshwater sources […]