Greenhouse gas emissions from Brazil’s Amazonian hydroelectric dams

Greenhouse gas emissions from Brazil’s Amazonian hydroelectric dams

Tropical dams are often falsely portrayed as ‘clean’ emissions-free energy sources. The letter by de Faria et al (2015 Environ. Res. Lett. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124019 10 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124019 ) adds to evidence questioning this myth. Calculations are m...

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Main Author: Philip M Fearnside
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
hydropower
global warming
methane
tropical forest
tropical dams
reservoirs
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/1/011002

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/1/011002

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