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OKIsItJustMe

(19,933 posts)
Mon May 30, 2016, 02:08 PM May 2016

Hydropower dams worldwide cause continued species extinction

https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2016/05/hydropower-dams-worldwide-cause-continued-species-extinction/
[font face=Serif][font size=5]Hydropower dams worldwide cause continued species extinction[/font]

30 May 2016

[font size=3]New research led by the University of Stirling has found a global pattern of sustained species extinctions on islands within hydroelectric reservoirs.

Scientists have discovered that reservoir islands created by large dams across the world do not maintain the same levels of animal and plant life found prior to flooding.

Despite being hailed as conservation sanctuaries that protect species from hunting and deforestation, islands undergo sustained loss of species year on year after dam construction, a pattern otherwise known as ‘extinction debt’.

These findings represent a significant environmental impact that is currently missing from assessment procedures for proposed new dams.

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Hydropower dams worldwide cause continued species extinction (Original Post) OKIsItJustMe May 2016 OP
And pumped storage is even worse scscholar May 2016 #1
Loss of genetic diversity from inbreeding NickB79 May 2016 #2
 

scscholar

(2,902 posts)
1. And pumped storage is even worse
Mon May 30, 2016, 02:48 PM
May 2016

I was glad to read here on April 7th about four damn hydraulic dams that were being destroyed.

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