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SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION IN DAMS
These busy beavers are quietly helping fight climate change more than experts thoughtBeaver dams carbon storage: New research reveals beavers are more than just landscape architects; their dams create wetlands that act as si...- Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'Toxic runoff from unregulated rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating the Mekong River and its tributaries, threatening the l...
- NHPC moves to expedite desilting at J&K's Salal DamNHPC is taking proactive steps to revitalize the Salal Dam in Jammu and Kashmir by clearing out the built-up silt that has compromised its ...
- NHPC enacts plan as Salal reservoir's capacity in Jammu & Kashmir shrinks 96% due to siltationDecades after sediment management facilities were disabled under the Indus Waters Treaty, the Salal power station's reservoir storage has p...
- Which of the world's hundreds of thousands of aging dams will be the next to burst?The collapse of two dams in Libya, resulting in thousands of deaths and missing persons, highlights the urgent need to address aging and ob...
- World's dams to lose a quarter of storage capacity by 2050: UN researchDam capacity is expected to drop from 6 trillion cubic metres (cu m) to 4.655 trillion cu m by 2050, and action must be taken to address th...
- 3,700 dams in India will lose 26% storage capacity due to sedimentation by 2050: UN studyChina, meanwhile, the world's most heavily dammed nation, has lost about 10 per cent of its storage and will lose a further 10 per cent by ...
- Peatlands worldwide are drying out, threatening to release 860 million tons of carbon dioxide every yearPeatlands, such as fens, bogs, marshes, and swamps, cover just 3 percent of the Earth's total land surface, yet store over one-third of the...
- Watch the ice: Post Uttarakhand, experts call for regular, dedicated monitoring of glaciersThe raging waters also swept away the Rishiganga and Tapovan hydel projects. The researchers’ hypothesis is based on surveillance by teams ...
- How glaciers can burst and send floods downstreamProglacial lakes, formed after glaciers retreat, are often bound by sediment and boulder formations. Additional water or pressure, or struc...
- ET Analysis: Chinese plans of hydro-project in Brahmaputra triggers concern in India and BangladeshThe Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, adopted the 14th Five Year Plan (2021-2025) and National Economic and Social Developm...
- Kishanganga could have larger impact than expectedThe court made it clear that the decision will not impact the exiting projects or those under implementation, but it essentially became pre...
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