{
  "id": 716963,
  "title": "Thibault Datry, ecohydrologist: 'Rivers that, in living memory, had never dried up no longer flow'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/thibault-datry-ecohydrologist-rivers-that-in-living-memory-had-never",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T23:37:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/08/13/thibault-datry-ecohydrologist-rivers-that-in-living-memory-had-never-dried-up-no-longer-flow_6756443_114.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The water specialist at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment explains to Le Monde the crucial role of small waterways for ecosystems and why protecting them is so important.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}