Among other things, dams serve as reservoirs for drinking water, agricultural irrigation, or the operation of hydropower plants. Until now, it had been assumed that dams act as net carbon stores. Researchers have now shown that dams release twice as much carbon as they store.
from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210513142403.htm
from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210513142403.htm
Carbon emissions from dams considerably underestimated so far
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