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Africa: Sunscreen for Lakes and Dams – Could a Thin Floating Layer of Nanomaterial Shield Water From Evaporation?

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago011 mins

Water stored in dams and reservoirs for humans to use often evaporates, especially in hot regions like southern Africa. Rising temperatures speed evaporation up, leaving less water for people, farming and industry. Daniel Kwasi Kpeglo has just completed a PhD in physics. He explains his laboratory research into a new design – a thin nanomaterial…

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Africa: Dams for Development? Unpacking Tensions in the World Bank’s Hydropower Policies

eriinfo.com12 months ago011 mins

Dams have been emblematic of the World Bank’s approach to development for many decades. From the bank’s early years in the 1960s and 1970s, large-scale infrastructure projects such as dams, power plants and transport networks were central to its strategy for economic growth and poverty reduction. This reflected a top-down modernisation paradigm. But the controversial…