by Colleen McNally-Murphy | Nov 14, 2019
Abstract: To stabilize the climate, we must rapidly displace fossil fuels with clean energy technologies. Currently hydropower dominates renewable electricity generation, accounting for two thirds globally, and is expected to grow by at least 45% by 2040. While it is...
by Colleen McNally-Murphy | Apr 27, 2019
Synopsis The evidence that anthropogenic climate change is an existential threat to our way of life is incontrovertible. The Intergovernmental Panel on Cli-mate Change (IPCC) recently concluded that we are on track to experience a rise in global temperatures by as...
by Colleen McNally-Murphy | Jan 1, 2019
Abstract: Freshwater reservoirs are a known source of greenhouse gas (GHG) to the atmosphere, but their quantitative significance is still only loosely con- strained. Although part of this uncertainty can be attributed to the difficulties in measuring highly variable...
by Colleen McNally-Murphy | Jul 1, 2018
Abstract: Hydropower is traditionally considered to be one type of “clean” energy, and has been heavily developed in many regions of the world. Nevertheless, this assumption is increasingly being challenged by recent findings that a large amount of methane and other...
by Colleen McNally-Murphy | Jan 9, 2017
ABSTRACT Water-level fluctuations due to reservoir management could substantially affect the timing and magnitude of reservoir methane (CH4) fluxes to the atmosphere. However, effects of such fluctuations on CH4 emissions have received limited attention. Here we...
