Human influence on surface water storage variability (IMAGE)

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Human influence on surface water storage variability

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Proportion of seasonal surface water storage variability associated with reservoirs by hydrologic basin from Oct 2018 to July 2020. Darker colors represent higher influence of human-managed reservoirs on surface water storage and lighter colors represent less influence. Reservoirs in the continental U.S., Middle East, western and southern Africa, eastern South America and the Indian subcontinent show particularly high influence.

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Cooley et al. 2021, Nature

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