The study explores the trade-offs between maintaining environmental flows and supporting smallholder irrigation in South ...

Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.

Wind Turbines and Bird/Bat Collisions Wind turbines are a critical component of renewable energy, but they are not without their drawbacks. One major concern is the impact they have on bird and bat ...

Swick believes once community members recognize how their actions affect the watershed ... Swick said dams create unnatural lake ecosystems with slow moving, warm water above the structures.

affecting livelihoods, agriculture, and ecosystems. The location of the dam is in Medog County, near the “Great Bend” of the Yarlung Tsangpo, where the river takes a dramatic U-turn before ...

Last June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates a series of dams in Oregon's Willamette River Basin, missed a deadline set by Congress to produce a report on how the dams are affecting ...

such as locally made temporary dams and practices like designated groves and ponds linked to hydrological processes and ecosystems, was affecting the maintenance of the water system. It also added ...