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Hydropower dams face uncertain future as climate change drives sedimentation and glacier disappearance

An EPFL engineer has illustrated some of the complex ways in which climate change will affect hydropower facilities, taking the Gries dam in Valais Canton as a case study.

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Hydropower dams face uncertain future as climate change drives sedimentation and glacier disappearance

An EPFL engineer has illustrated some of the complex ways in which climate change will affect hydropower facilities, taking the Gries dam in Valais Canton as a case study.

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Hydro Dams Face an Uncertain Future as Climate Change Leads to the Sedimentation and Disappearance of Glaciers

An EPFL engineer has illustrated some of the complex ways in which climate change will affect hydroelectric installations, taking as an example the Gries dam in the canton of Valais. Many of the consequences of climate change, such as the melting of glaciers (to the point where they will soon disappear), snowfalls of [...]

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