News Headline
Hydropower dams can help mitigate the global warming impact of wetlands
Source
Nature
Publication Date
2019-02-19
Every few years, a cyclone hits Mozambique’s Sofala province. The Pungwe River floods and severs road connections between Zimbabwe and coastal ports, sometimes for months. After a few weeks, the standing water starts to bubble as flooded vegetation decays. This ‘marsh gas’ is methane, a greenhouse gas that is some 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.