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How come the reservoirs have significant greenhouse gas emissions? I did a curious and googled it, it looks like the reservoirs have a lot of dissolved co2 and

How come the reservoirs have significant greenhouse gas emissions? I did a curious and googled it, it looks like the reservoirs have a lot of dissolved co2 and methane (probably from natural decomposition?) but it's released when the water is churned through the turbines and spillways. Never really considered that, but then, wouldn't that also happen naturally with lakes and rivers? Anyway the article I read says they're looking into capturing it somehow, which would reduce the emissions a bit.

toomuchtodo 2y ago
Submerged biomass decomposing. https://news.agu.org/press-release/greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-reservoirs-higher-than-previously-expected/ https://news.agu.org/press-release/greenhouse-gas-emissions-... https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GB006888 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GB00...