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Deforestation Dries Up Dams Threatening Hydropower

2013-05-24 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

SciDevNet: Deforestation may lead to electricity shortages in tropical rainforest regions that rely heavily on hydropower, as fewer trees mean less rainfall for hydropower generation, a study shows. For example, if deforestation continues, one of the world's largest dam projects in Brazil will deliver around a third less energy than is currently estimated, according to the research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) last week (13 May). Researchers had presumed that cutting...

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