Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin

How much is enough? An integrated examination of energy security, economic growth and climate change related to hydropower expansion in Brazil

(2016) Fernando Almeida Prado et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Brazilian crisis threatens science and environment

(2016) L. Wade   SCIENCE

Brazilian politics threaten environmental policies

(2016) P. M. Fearnside   SCIENCE

Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong

(2016) K. O. Winemiller et al.   SCIENCE

An extensive reef system at the Amazon River mouth

(2016) R. L. Moura et al.   Science Advances

An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales

(2015) Günther Grill et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Emissions from tropical hydropower and the IPCC

(2015) Philip M. Fearnside   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Large-scale degradation of Amazonian freshwater ecosystems

(2015) Leandro Castello et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Surface water types and sediment distribution patterns at the confluence of mega rivers: The Solimões-Amazon and Negro Rivers junction

(2015) Edward Park et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Wetlands of the Lowland Amazon Basin: Extent, Vegetative Cover, and Dual-season Inundated Area as Mapped with JERS-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar

(2015) Laura L. Hess et al.   WETLANDS

Risk, innovation, electricity infrastructure and construction cost overruns: Testing six hypotheses

(2014) Benjamin K. Sovacool et al.   ENERGY

Should we build more large dams? The actual costs of hydropower megaproject development

(2014) Atif Ansar et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Sediment yield along the Andes: continental budget, regional variations, and comparisons with other basins from orogenic mountain belts

(2014) Edgardo M. Latrubesse et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Sediment supply as a driver of river meandering and floodplain evolution in the Amazon Basin

(2014) José Antonio Constantine et al.   Nature Geoscience

Modeling suspended sediment distribution patterns of the Amazon River using MODIS data

(2014) Edward Park et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Potential and impacts of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) integration in the Brazilian electric power system

(2014) Diego Malagueta et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Brazil's environmental leadership at risk

(2014) J. Ferreira et al.   SCIENCE

The Vulnerable Amazon: The Impact of Climate Change on the Untapped Potential of Hydropower Systems

(2013) R. Schaeffer et al.   IEEE Power & Energy Magazine

Dependence of hydropower energy generation on forests in the Amazon Basin at local and regional scales

(2013) Claudia M. Stickler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Amazon basin in transition

(2012) Eric A. Davidson et al.   NATURE

The renewable energy market in Brazil: Current status and potential

(2012) Marcio Giannini Pereira et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Brazil's forest code puts wetlands at risk

(2011) Paulo Teixeira de Sousa et al.   NATURE

The Legacy of the Three Gorges Dam

(2011) R. Stone   SCIENCE

Influence of the Amazon/Orinoco Plume on the summertime Atlantic climate

(2010) Edward K. Vizy et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The geomorphologic response of a large pristine alluvial river to tremendous deforestation in the South American tropics: The case of the Araguaia River

(2009) E.M. Latrubesse et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Suspended sediment yields in the Amazon basin: an assessment using the Brazilian national data set

(2009) Naziano Filizola et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Effects of Future Infrastructure Development on Threat Status and Occurrence of Amazonian Birds

(2008) MARIANA M. VALE et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Patterns of anabranching channels: The ultimate end-member adjustment of mega rivers

(2008) Edgardo M. Latrubesse   GEOMORPHOLOGY