Thousands of dams built along U.S. rivers and streams over the last century now provide electricity for homes, store water for agriculture and support recreation for people. But they also have significant downstream impacts: ...
Environment
Dec 18, 2017
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In the Pacific Northwest, the conversation about hydroelectric dams is complicated: Dams hamper the natural migration of salmon, yet they are an important source of cheap, renewable energy for the region.
Environment
Dec 14, 2017
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Humans have been altering natural waterways for centuries, but only in the last several decades have dams raised ecological concerns.
Environment
Dec 11, 2017
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Nearly 100 hydropower dams are planned for construction along tributaries off the Mekong River's 2,700-mile stretch. The river, one of the world's largest, flows through Burma, China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. ...
Environment
Dec 7, 2017
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The addition of a nature-like fish passage to a Susquehanna River dam in Pennsylvania should allow migrating fish to more easily reach spawning grounds, according to Penn State researchers.
Ecology
Nov 17, 2017
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A United Nations report just launched says mining companies can simply reduce environmental destruction and death by changing the way they store and manage mine waste.
Environment
Nov 15, 2017
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A new United Nations (U.N.) Environment report that calls for international action to make the storage of mine waste more secure, has been lead-edited by a Murdoch University researcher.
Environment
Nov 15, 2017
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The Pantanal in central South America may not be as globally famous as the Amazon rainforest, but it has the continent's highest concentration of wildlife. Now, however, the region's endangered plants and animals, along with ...
Environment
Nov 7, 2017
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President Alassane Ouattara on Thursday inaugurated a huge Chinese-funded dam in southern Ivory Coast designed to boost the country's power capacity by nearly 14 percent.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 2, 2017
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The environmental impact of hydropower generation in the Amazon may be greater than predicted, according to new University of Stirling research.
Environment
Oct 19, 2017
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