Humans Are Draining Even More of Earth's Freshwater Than We Thought

Humans have been trying to wrangle Earth’s freshwater since the dawn of civilization. Case in point: the 3,000-year-old Sadd Al-Kafra embankment dam in Egypt. Things like dams and irrigation obviously affect local waterways, but it’s much harder to figure out how those local changes influence freshwater supplies worldwide.
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