Can dams help buffer global warming impacts?

Summit County: For all the environmental mayhem they`ve caused in the past, dams may help buffer some aquatic ecosystems from future global warming impacts, according to a new study from Oregon State University. Specifically, the researchers said dams could provide “ecological and engineering resilience” to climate change in the Columbia River basin. “The dams are doing what they are supposed to do, which is to use engineering – and management – to buffer us from climate variability and climate warming,”......

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