brianmartin
Well-Known Member
See I'm the opposite. I think life on earth will adapt and change, but they can't do that if they can't get up the dammed river Just look at the persian gulf coral, which are able to thrive in very hot ocean conditions. I also happen to think the dire predictions of global climate catastrophe are completely over-blown, but thats another thread altogetherChinook salmon and other species who live off river environments will surely be impacted irreversibly by dams. However, global warming affects life up and down the food chain both in the oceans and on land. Reefs die off. Ocean currents fail or shift channels. Plankton and algae growth patterns change. Arctic and tundral animals lose habitat. Coastal cities and their water and sewer systems become compromised. Storm activity intensifies. Certain diseases become more endemic.
I'd prefer to see more solar and wind generation . . . but I'd take a few dammed-up rivers over runaway global spikes in carbon dioxide any day of the week.
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