Human activity on rivers outpaces, compounds effects of climate change

Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 12:51 in Earth & Climate

The livelihoods of millions of people living along the world’s biggest river systems are under threat by a range of stressors caused by the daily economic, societal and political activity of humans – in addition to the long-term effects of climate change, researchers report. A new paper by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign geology and geography professor Jim Best and University […]

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