This article evaluates the impact of climate change on the performance of existing and planned irrigation and hydropower schemes in the Ethiopian portion of the Blue Nile River. The results show that climate change will constrain the technical performance of large reservoirs with knock-on effects for agriculture and electricity production.
The USGS, WRD National Research Program (NRP) and the Water Discipline at the Alaska Science Center have been cooperating to collect baseline and process-based water quality data in the Yukon River Basin (2001-2005) as part of a research-based NASQAN study to understand the Basin’s response to climate change.