Dams trap nearly 20% of the organic carbon loading to rivers

In a paper published today in Nature Communications, researchers of the Ecohydrology Research Group and colleagues from the Université Libre de Bruxelles report that dam reservoirs trap nearly 20% of the organic carbon moving from land to ocean via the world’s rivers. The research is part of Taylor Maavara’s PhD research. Taylor is the lead author of the paper, co-authors are Philippe Van Cappellen, Ronny Lauerwald and Pierre Regnier.

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