Kategoriak: All - ecological - biodiversity - fish - removal

arabera Katie Abel 6 years ago

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Ecological Impact of Dams

The construction and operation of dams have significant ecological and human impacts. Ecologically, dams affect sedimentation and erosion patterns, often leading to downstream erosion and altered geological structures.

Ecological Impact of Dams

Ecological Impact of Dams

Why do we build dams?https://www.teachengineering.org/lessons/view/cub_dams_lesson01

https://www.fema.gov/benefits-dams

Human Impacts

Damnation
http://www.caltech.edu/news/negative-impacts-dam-construction-human-populations-can-be-reduced-author-says-957
https://www.internationalrivers.org/human-impacts-of-dams

Impact to sedimentation and erosion

https://www.reuters.com/article/environment-china-environment-dam-dc/three-gorges-dam-causes-downstream-erosion-study-idUST31738620070521
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/000093_AskGeo.html
https://www.internationalrivers.org/dams-and-geology

Dam Removal

Elwha Dam Removals
Demolition of Elwha Dam
https://www.elwha.org/departments/river-restoration/
https://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/nature/elwha-ecosystem-restoration.htm

Impacts to Biodiversity

Fish Passage
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/impacts-hydroelectric-dams-biodiveristy-and-local-communities-often-under-estimated/
https://www.internationalrivers.org/dams-and-migratory-fish
https://www.nwcouncil.org/reports/columbia-river-history/fishpassage
https://www.fws.gov/salmonofthewest/dams.htm