Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Do dams bring more harm or more good?

In efforts to generate cleaner and more environmentally friendly energy, China has been constructing multiple dams on its rivers. While China believes this will limit pollution, control floods, and minimize climate change, scientists beg to differ. These environmentalists argue that the dams are blocking the free flow of rivers, and destroying the ecology. However, China continues to build an excessive amount of dams despite protests from environmentalists, and these dams could lead to higher risks of earthquakes due to the dam’s flow through the geologically unstable region off the Tibetan Plateau.

No comments:

Post a Comment