ScienceDaily: Greenhouse Gas Impact of Hydroelectric Reservoirs Downgraded
An international team of scientists has amassed the largest data set to date on greenhouse gas emissions from hydroelectric reservoirs. Their analysis, published August 1 in the online version of Nature Geoscience, posits that these human-made systems emit about 1/6 of the carbon dioxide and methane previously attributed to them.
Prior studies based on more limited data cautioned that hydroelectric reservoirs could be a significant......
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Greenhouse gas impact of hydroelectric reservoirs downgraded
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 1st, 2011
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