River damming impacts on fish habitat and associated conservation measures

Q Chen, Q Li, Y Lin, J Zhang, J **a, J Ni… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
River damming has brought great benefits to flood mitigation, energy and food production,
and will continue to play a significant role in global energy supply, particularly in Asia, Africa …

Long-term variability, extremes and changes in temperature and hydrometeorology in the Amazon region: A review

JA Marengo, JC Espinoza, R Fu… - Acta …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
This review discusses observed hydroclimatic trends and future climate projections for the
Amazon. Warming over this region is a fact, but the magnitude of the warming trend varies …

Anthropogenic climate change has influenced global river flow seasonality

H Wang, J Liu, M Klaar, A Chen, L Gudmundsson… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Riverine ecosystems have adapted to natural discharge variations across seasons.
However, evidence suggesting that climate change has already impacted magnitudes of …

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions of Amazon hydropower with strategic dam planning

RM Almeida, Q Shi, JM Gomes-Selman, X Wu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
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 …

The cooling effect of oasis reservoir‐riparian forest systems in arid regions

Y Jiao, G Zhu, S Lu, L Ye, D Qiu, G Meng… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In arid regions with limited water resources, numerous reservoirs have been built to support
economic and social development. However, how the construction of reservoirs interacts …

Can restoring water and sediment fluxes across a mega-dam cascade alleviate a sinking river delta?

SDX Chua, Y Yang, GM Kondolf, C Oeurng, T Sok… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Hydropower, although an attractive renewable energy source, can alter the flux of water,
sediments, and biota, producing detrimental impacts in downstream regions. The Mekong …

The Andes–Amazon–Atlantic pathway: A foundational hydroclimate system for social–ecological system sustainability

CF Beveridge, JC Espinoza, S Athayde… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The Amazon River Basin's extraordinary social–ecological system is sustained by various
water phases, fluxes, and stores that are interconnected across the tropical Andes …

[HTML][HTML] Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation

A Estrada, PA Garber, RA Mittermeier, S Wich… - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic
Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation [PeerJ] Related research Download …

Reducing adverse impacts of Amazon hydropower expansion

AS Flecker, Q Shi, RM Almeida, H Angarita… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Proposed hydropower dams at more than 350 sites throughout the Amazon require strategic
evaluation of trade-offs between the numerous ecosystem services provided by Earth's …

Evaluating effects of dam operation on flow regimes and riverbed adaptation to those changes

PJ Gierszewski, M Habel, J Szmańda, M Luc - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The operation of dam and reservoirs is one of the main reasons for the transformation of
river runoff. The change in the hydrological regime affects a number of other processes …