Climate change and the hydropower sector: A global review

A Wasti, P Ray, S Wi, C Folch… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Renewable sources of electricity, such as solar and wind, need to be paired with sources of
reliable baseload. Hydropower is a renewable, low‐emission source of electricity baseload …

Hydropower dams of the Mekong River basin: A review of their hydrological impacts

JS Hecht, G Lacombe, ME Arias, TD Dang, T Piman - Journal of hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydropower production is altering the Mekong River basin's riverine ecosystems, which
contain the world's largest inland fishery and provide food security and livelihoods to …

[HTML][HTML] Solar energy and regional coordination as a feasible alternative to large hydropower in Southeast Asia

K Siala, AK Chowdhury, TD Dang, S Galelli - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Strategic dam planning and the deployment of decentralized renewable technologies are
two elements of the same problem, yet normally addressed in isolation. Here, we show that …

Changes to long-term discharge and sediment loads in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta caused by upstream dams

D Van Binh, S Kantoush, T Sumi - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
The discharge and sediment loads of the Mekong River (MR) have been significantly altered
because of natural processes and anthropogenic activities. We examined the impacts of …

[HTML][HTML] Tidal amplification and salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta driven by anthropogenic sediment starvation

S Eslami, P Hoekstra, N Nguyen Trung… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Natural resources of the Mekong River are essential to livelihood of tens of millions of
people. Previous studies highlighted that upstream hydro-infrastructure developments …

Impacts of climate change and reservoir operation on streamflow and flood characteristics in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin

X Yun, Q Tang, J Wang, X Liu, Y Zhang, H Lu… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lancang-Mekong River Basin (LMRB) is one of the most important
transboundary river basins in Asia. While climate change perturbs the streamflow and affects …

[HTML][HTML] Projections of salt intrusion in a mega-delta under climatic and anthropogenic stressors

S Eslami, P Hoekstra, PSJ Minderhoud… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Rising temperatures, rapid urbanization and soaring demand for natural resources threaten
deltas worldwide and make them vulnerable to rising seas, subsidence, droughts, floods …

Sustainability of rice-based livelihoods in the upper floodplains of Vietnamese Mekong Delta: Prospects and challenges

DD Tran, LH Huu, LP Hoang, TD Pham… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rapidly changing hydrological conditions under climate change, upstream developments,
and local water infrastructures require transformative changes in water management …

[HTML][HTML] On the representation of water reservoir storage and operations in large-scale hydrological models: implications on model parameterization and climate …

TD Dang, AFMK Chowdhury… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2020 - hess.copernicus.org
During the past decades, the increased impact of anthropogenic interventions on river
basins has prompted hydrologists to develop various approaches for representing human …

Can reservoir regulation mitigate future climate change induced hydrological extremes in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin?

X Yun, Q Tang, J Li, H Lu, L Zhang, D Chen - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrological extremes both dry extremes and wet extremes can be exacerbated by climate
change and threat water security in Lancang-Mekong River Basin (LMRB). Reservoirs can …