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Stauseen setzen große Mengen Methan frei = Reservoirs release large quantities of methane

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Kandarr,  Jana
7.7 Earth System Knowledge Platform, 7.0 Geoservices, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Wittmann,  Florian
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Kandarr, J., Wittmann, F. (2019): Stauseen setzen große Mengen Methan frei = Reservoirs release large quantities of methane, Earth System Knowledge Platform.
https://doi.org/10.2312/eskp.014


Cite as: https://gfzpublic.gfz.de/pubman/item/item_5001772
Abstract
Kohlestrom, Erdgas, Erdöl, Atomkraft – im Vergleich dazu erscheint Energie aus Wasserkraft als saubere Alternative. Doch für Großprojekte müssen häufig riesige Gebiete dauerhaft geflutet werden. Sind diese voller üppiger Vegetation wie im Mekong-Delta oder Amazonasbecken, gehen nicht nur einzigartige Lebensräume verloren, sondern diese großen Staudämme weisen auch eine teils miserable Klimabilanz auf.
Coal-fired electricity, natural gas, crude oil, nuclear power - by comparison, energy from hydropower appears to be a clean alternative. However, large-scale projects often require huge areas to be permanently flooded. If these areas are full of lush vegetation, as in the Mekong Delta or Amazon Basin, not only will unique habitats be lost, but these large dams can also have a negative effect on the climate.