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Destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam left behind a toxic legacy
The 2023 breach of the Kakhovka dam drained a huge reservoir and exposed a vast area of toxic sediment, creating a debate ...
Mapped: Putin’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure from nuclear to hydroelectric
Donald Trump has floated the idea of taking control of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants in a phone call with Ukrainian ...
Water at war: The long-term environmental consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine
Water is misused as a weapon when infrastructure and water resources are deliberately destroyed in armed conflicts. Water ...
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Kakhovka dam attack exposed ‘toxic time bomb’ of heavy metal pollution
The Kakhovka dam, located upstream of the city of Kherson on the Dnipro river, collapsed in June 2023 following a suspected explosion. The extensive flooding along the lower Dnipro River that followed ...
Destruction of Ukraine dam triggered toxic ‘time bomb,’ researchers say
The destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam in June 2023 exposed lake bed sediment containing more than 90,000 tons of toxic ...
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Toxic elements leaked from bottom of reservoir due to undermining of Kakhovka HEPP by russians - study
The Kakhovka HEPP dam undermining not only destroyed local ecosystems, but also contaminated them with heavy metals and other ...
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What's the true cost of Ukraine's Kakhovka dam disaster?
The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam emptied a reservoir that supplied water to much of southern Ukraine. Thousands were forced to flee as water flooded parts of Kherson, damaging wildlife ...
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One year since the Kakhovka dam explosion: "The largest floodplain area in Europe has begun to recover"
The collapse of the walls of the Kakhovka dam in Kherson, Ukraine sent water flooding into towns and villages. Source: AP / Evgeniy Maloletka Eugene Simonov, Ukraine War Environmental Consequences ...
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Wartime destruction of Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine has long-term environmental consequences
The deliberate destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian war unleashed a hidden environmental crisis, destroying ecosystems and releasing polluted sediments into downstream ...