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How would this impacts the marine life? Lakes, and most water bodies for that matter, are complex ecosystems.

flembat 4y ago
Including canals, which the author disclaimed for some reason. Here at least they have all kinds of aquatic and bird life.
- ncmncm 4y ago
  ... which would then also benefit from the presence of floating solar panels. Panels floating in a canal would need to be anchored against current, easily done.
g8oz 4y ago
All local impacts have to be weighed against the global impact of CO2 emissions.
- lm28469 4y ago
  There are no ways to accurately predicts how eco systems react and how far the domino effect would go. You could wipe out entire food chains and not be aware of it before it's too late
  - tester756 4y ago
    there are no experts in that domain?
- Cthulhu_ 4y ago
  I don't think CO2 emissions are much of a priority in warfare.
wolfram74 4y ago
The article describes artificial reservoirs as the water body of choice, which are less complex (partly because they already destroyed the ecosystem that was there) than naturally forming lakes, and has the added benefit of reducing solar driven evaporation in the same vein as this[0] [0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPdPpi5W4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPdPpi5W4o
mrfusion 4y ago
If you space them out enough you wouldn’t have huge areas of no sun. It would emulate an ecosystem of water under shade trees. Shade actually attracts a lot of biodiversity.
rr888 4y ago
This seems to be most important part. It could be beneficial as prevents evaporation and warming. LA reservoir even has floating balls for this https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150812-shade-balls-los-angeles-California-drought-water-environment https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150812-sh...
schimmy_changa 4y ago
It's an area of open research, but especially if it doesn't cover 100% of the water body it's fairly benign: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403212100914X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403212... For instance, birds perch on the panels, turtles loaf on the floats, fish hide from predators under them. It changes the water body, but not in a way that would be different from, say, trees that have fallen halfway into the water and are shading part of the surface.

Including canals, which the author disclaimed for some reason. Here at least they have all kinds of aquatic and bird life.

ncmncm 4y ago
... which would then also benefit from the presence of floating solar panels. Panels floating in a canal would need to be anchored against current, easily done.

g8oz 4y ago

All local impacts have to be weighed against the global impact of CO2 emissions.

lm28469 4y ago
There are no ways to accurately predicts how eco systems react and how far the domino effect would go. You could wipe out entire food chains and not be aware of it before it's too late
- tester756 4y ago
  there are no experts in that domain?
Cthulhu_ 4y ago
I don't think CO2 emissions are much of a priority in warfare.

wolfram74 4y ago

The article describes artificial reservoirs as the water body of choice, which are less complex (partly because they already destroyed the ecosystem that was there) than naturally forming lakes, and has the added benefit of reducing solar driven evaporation in the same vein as this[0] [0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPdPpi5W4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPdPpi5W4o

mrfusion 4y ago

If you space them out enough you wouldn’t have huge areas of no sun. It would emulate an ecosystem of water under shade trees. Shade actually attracts a lot of biodiversity.

rr888 4y ago

This seems to be most important part. It could be beneficial as prevents evaporation and warming. LA reservoir even has floating balls for this https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150812-shade-balls-los-angeles-California-drought-water-environment https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150812-sh...

schimmy_changa 4y ago

It's an area of open research, but especially if it doesn't cover 100% of the water body it's fairly benign: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403212100914X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403212... For instance, birds perch on the panels, turtles loaf on the floats, fish hide from predators under them. It changes the water body, but not in a way that would be different from, say, trees that have fallen halfway into the water and are shading part of the surface.