Water bodies around the planet full of sediment. hazard to 2 billion people

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Reservoirs around the planet are gradually losing their ability to store water due to sediment accumulating in them, according to a fresh survey published in the technological diary "Nature Sustainability". Their capacity – which is peculiarly worrying – is decreasing by an average of 7.3 per cent per decade.