The Devastating Impact of Human Activity and Climate Change on Lakes.

Climate change and human activities such as diversion of water have caused the world's lakes to shrink by trillions of gallons of water annually since the early 1990s, according to a study. The research examined nearly 2,000 of the world's largest lakes and found they are losing about 5.7 trillion gallons of water each year. Even lakes in areas getting more rainfall are shrinking due to a thirstier atmosphere from warmer air sucking up more water in evaporation and a thirsty society that is diverting water from lakes to agriculture, power plants, and drinking supplies.