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Half the world's reservoirs could be clogged up with dirt by 2060

New Scientist · Jun 8, 2026, 3:05 PM

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Each decade the world is losing over 7 per cent of its freshwater storage capacity to sediment build-up, according to an analysis of over half a million reservoirs

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