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Controversial Amazon dams may have exacerbated biblical flooding
2014-03-16 22:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Environmentalists and scientists raised howls of protest when the Santo Antônio and Jirau Dams were proposed for the Western Amazon in Brazil, claiming among other issues that the dams would raise water levels on the Madeira River, potentially leading to catastrophic flooding. It turns out they may have been right: last week a federal Brazilian court ordered a new environmental impact study on the dams given suspicion that they have worsened recent flooding in Brazil and across the border in Bolivia....
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