Optimizing Amazonian dams for nature

Affiliations

¹ School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.

Comment

Gordon W Holtgrieve et al. Science. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 18;375(6582):714-715.

doi: 10.1126/science.abn8311. Epub 2022 Feb 17.

¹ School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.

Abstract

Algorithms assess opportunities, forgone benefits, and environmental trade-offs.

Reducing adverse impacts of Amazon hydropower expansion.
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