Economic development alongside unsustained population growth are among the leading
factors of hydrological depletion. Facing climate change impacts, long-term policy planning …

Large storage dams have widely documented impacts on downstream aquatic
environments, but hydroelectric dams with little or no capacity for storage of water inflows (ie …

The Brazilian electricity production and transmission system have a significant
predominance of hydroelectric generation and are vulnerable to climate change. Thus, the …

Soil degradation by water erosion has been accelerated by human activities. This process is
aggravated in the Andes region due to steep slopes, sparse vegetation cover, and sporadic …

Numerous hydropower facilities are under construction or planned in tropical and
subtropical rivers worldwide. While dams are typically designed considering historic river …

Study region: The Três Marias 396 MW power plant located on the São Francisco River in
Brazil. Study focus: Hydropower generation is directly and indirectly affected by climate …

In this work, the climatology, observed trends, and future projections of temperature and
precipitation extremes are analysed in the drainage area of the Belo Monte Hydropower …

Abstract Changes in the climate system and the hydrologic regime strongly affect all water
uses and human activity. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of rainfall …

The decision-making processes involving water resources in Brazil and in neighboring
countries have been based solely on analyses of the historical behavior of …

This study verified the impacts of climate change on river flow in the Doce River basin, using
the MGB and RCM Eta projections. Despite the differences between the trends, the basin …