Shrinking Lakes Set the Stage for Water Competition

Source: ABC News - Science and TechnologyClimate change's hotter temperatures and society's diversion of water have been shrinking the world's lakes by trillions of gallons of water a year since the early 1990s, according to according to a study in Thursday's issue of the journal Science. Nearly 2,000 of the world's largest lakes have lost about 5.7 trillion gallons a year—roughly equal to how much water the United States used in 2015—setting the stage for competition over access...