by faster | Mar 13, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Scripps Institution of Oceanography DATE: March 13, 2019 SNIP: Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and UC Riverside found that inland river dams can have highly destructive effects on the stability and productivity of coastline...
by faster | Mar 4, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Third Pole DATE: March 4, 2019 SNIP: With growing warnings of the cascading impacts of climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, the region’s hydropower sector ought to take note. Melting snow and retreating glaciers in a region, parts of which are...
by faster | Dec 21, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: National Geographic DATE: December 21, 2018 SNIP: During the darkest days of the drought that has gripped the western U.S. since the early 2000s, fires raged and crops withered. Dust storms rolled across plains and valleys. And rivers shriveled from north to...
by faster | Nov 5, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC News DATE: November 5, 2018 SNIP: A new study says that many large-scale hydropower projects in Europe and the US have been disastrous for the environment. Dozens of these dams are being removed every year, with many considered dangerous and uneconomic....
by faster | Sep 28, 2016 | Blog
SOURCE: Seattle Times DATE: September 28, 2016 SNIP: Washington State University researchers have learned that reservoirs produce much more methane, a potent greenhouse gas, than previously understood. In their paper to be published next week in BioScience, the...
