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China is also building many dams. I wonder what the downstream ecological impact is (apart from the normal riparian impact).
by debacle 10y ago
China is also building many dams. I wonder what the downstream ecological impact is (apart from the normal riparian impact).
- M_Grey 10y agoIt's hard to imagine that it's going to be good; given how much energy it takes to build them, and the risk that they'll be useless due to radical changes in the availability of water in those areas.
- partycoder 10y agoDams/reservoirs are one of the biggest producers of greenhouse gases. The flooded territory starts decomposing and large amounts of greenhouse gasses are released.