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A Lot of Hydro Power Depends on Glaciers, and We All Know What’s Happening to Those…

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When the River Runs Dry
Melting glaciers might seem like good news for hydro power, but that’s only in the short term. There might be more water going into rivers now, but what happens when the glaciers are gone? That’s a serious problem for countries like Switzerland that get a huge chunk of their power from glacier-fed hydro…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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