Hacker News with Generative AI: Dams

NASA confirms that China's Three Gorges Dam project is altering Earth's rotation (sustainability-times.com)
In a groundbreaking revelation, NASA confirms that China's monumental Three Gorges Dam project is subtly altering Earth's rotation, raising global environmental concerns.
Environmental Issues, China, Earth Science, Dams
6 points by speckx 25 days ago | 1 comments
Trump's orders, officals released water from two California dams (latimes.com)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers abruptly increased the amount of water flowing from two California dams.
Politics, Environment, California, Dams, Water Management
35 points by DocFeind 111 days ago | 18 comments
Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after Klamath River dam removal (opb.org)
Less than a month after four towering dams on the Klamath River were demolished, hundreds of salmon made it into waters they have been cut off from for decades to spawn in cool creeks
Environment, Salmon, Dams, Restoration, Klamath River
396 points by gmays 182 days ago | 241 comments
Salmon Return to Klamath River After 112 Years, with Largest Dam Removal in U.S. (smithsonianmag.com)
For the first time in 112 years, Chinook salmon are swimming freely in the Klamath Basin in Oregon.
Environmentalism, Salmon, Dams, Oregon, River Restoration
59 points by rntn 210 days ago | 1 comments
Brazil's mega dams, among world's largest, struggle due to droughts (csmonitor.com)
Brazil’s mega dams rank among the most powerful in the world, but droughts driven by climate change have decreased the dams’ output to as low as 3% of their potential. Hydropower accounts for around half the energy Brazilians use. 
Brazil, Dams, Climate Change, Hydropower, Renewable Energy
5 points by howard941 237 days ago | 3 comments