River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world

TJ Battin, R Lauerwald, ES Bernhardt, E Bertuzzo… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
River networks represent the largest biogeochemical nexus between the continents, ocean
and atmosphere. Our current understanding of the role of rivers in the global carbon cycle …

River dam impacts on biogeochemical cycling

T Maavara, Q Chen, K Van Meter, LE Brown… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
The increased use of hydropower is currently driving the greatest surge in global dam
construction since the mid-20th century, meaning that most major rivers on Earth are now …

Lakes in the era of global change: moving beyond single‐lake thinking in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services

J Heino, J Alahuhta, LM Bini, Y Cai… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Anthropocene presents formidable threats to freshwater ecosystems. Lakes are
especially vulnerable and important at the same time. They cover only a small area …

Greenhouse gas emissions from reservoir water surfaces: a new global synthesis

BR Deemer, JA Harrison, S Li, JJ Beaulieu… - …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Collectively, reservoirs created by dams are thought to be an important source of
greenhouse gases (GHGs) to the atmosphere. So far, efforts to quantify, model, and manage …

Organic carbon burial in global lakes and reservoirs

R Mendonça, RA Müller, D Clow, C Verpoorter… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Burial in sediments removes organic carbon (OC) from the short-term biosphere-atmosphere
carbon (C) cycle, and therefore prevents greenhouse gas production in natural systems …

A global boom in hydropower dam construction

C Zarfl, AE Lumsdon, J Berlekamp, L Tydecks… - Aquatic Sciences, 2015 - Springer
Human population growth, economic development, climate change, and the need to close
the electricity access gap have stimulated the search for new sources of renewable energy …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive geospatial database of nearly 100 000 reservoirs in China

C Song, C Fan, J Zhu, J Wang, Y Sheng… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
With rapid population growth and socioeconomic development over the last century, a great
number of dams/reservoirs have been constructed globally to meet various needs. China …

Renewable energy and biodiversity: Implications for transitioning to a Green Economy

A Gasparatos, CNH Doll, M Esteban, A Ahmed… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
This literature review identifies the impacts of different renewable energy pathways on
ecosystems and biodiversity, and the implications of these impacts for transitioning to a …

Understanding the drivers of S outheast A sian biodiversity loss

AC Hughes - Ecosphere, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Southeast Asia (SE Asia) is a known global hotspot of biodiversity and endemism,
yet the region is also one of the most biotically threatened. Ecosystems across the region are …

Global carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters

PA Raymond, J Hartmann, R Lauerwald, S Sobek… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Carbon dioxide (CO2) transfer from inland waters to the atmosphere, known as CO2
evasion, is a component of the global carbon cycle. Global estimates of CO2 evasion have …