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Oxygen is falling in inland waters – and human activity is responsible

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Rivers, streams, lakes and reservoirs are not just the scenic parts of our landscape. It is also an important engine for life on Earth. Just like us, these inland oceans “breathe” oxygen. However, new research led by researchers at Utrecht University shows that we have suffocated them in the last century, an era known as the…