Hydropower, which contributes to around 16% of global electricity and more than 72% of
renewable electricity, is expected to play an important role in the deep decarbonization of …

Hydropower is usually considered as a low-carbon electricity source, as it does not lead to
direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, unlike producing electricity from fossil fuels …

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 …

Reservoirs are essential for human populations, but their global carbon footprint is
substantial (0.73–2.41 PgCO2-equivalent yr− 1). Yet the temporal evolution of reservoir …

The damming of rivers represents one of the most far-reaching human modifications of the
flows of water and associated matter from land to sea. Dam reservoirs are hotspots of …

Hundreds of dams have been proposed throughout the Amazon basin, one of the world's
largest untapped hydropower frontiers. While hydropower is a potentially clean source of …

Freshwater reservoirs are a known source of greenhouse gas (GHG) to the atmosphere, but
their quantitative significance is still only loosely constrained. Although part of this …

Inland water ecosystems dynamically process, transport, and sequester carbon. However,
the transport of carbon through aquatic environments has not been quantitatively integrated …

Collectively, reservoirs constitute a significant global source of C‐based greenhouse gases
(GHGs). Yet, global estimates of reservoir carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) …

The ability of hydropower to contribute to climate change mitigation is sometimes
questioned, citing emissions of methane and carbon dioxide resulting from the degradation …