WCS 3-Sentence Science

Some Proposed Amazon Hydro-Dams are Carbon Slobs

October 21, 2019

CREDIT: ANDRE BAERTSCHI

Each year, Wildlife Conservation Society scientists publish more than 300 peer-reviewed studies and papers. “WCS 3-Sentence Science” is a regular tip-sheet — in bite sized helpings — of some of this published work.

Here we present work by WCS’s Mariana Montoya investigating the carbon impact of upland vs lowland dams in the Amazon basin.

Study and Journal: “Reducing greenhouse gas emissions of Amazon hydropower with strategic dam planning” from Nature Communications
WCS Co-Author(s): Mariana Montoya, Director of WCS’s Peru Program

For more information, contact: Stephen Sautner, 718–220–3682, ssautner@wcs.org.

WCS 3-Sentence Science

Each year, Wildlife Conservation Society scientists publish more than 300 peer-reviewed studies and papers. “WCS 3-Sentence Science” is a regular tip-sheet — in bite sized helpings — of some of this published work.

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WCS 3-Sentence Science

Each year, Wildlife Conservation Society scientists publish more than 300 peer-reviewed studies and papers. “WCS 3-Sentence Science” is a regular tip-sheet — in bite sized helpings — of some of this published work.

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