GregCocks · @GregCocks
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Low Water Levels Have Created An Energy Crisis At The World’s Largest Dam [Kariba Dam, Zambia & Zimbabwe]
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/01/04/kariba-dam-record-low-power-cuts/ <-- news article
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https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/research/qa/kariba-dam-failing-what-means-african-hydropower <-- article on the failing dam
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2021.676495 <-- 2021 paper on climate change effects for framers in Zimbabwe
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[to add to the woes, it has also been reported that the dam is structurally at risk, in part related to low water levels and floodgate erosion/scour]
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