Study says Mekong River dams could disrupt lives, environment

(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) The Mekong River traverses six Southeast Asian countries and supports the livelihoods of millions of people. New efforts to provide hydroelectric power to a growing and modernizing population include more than eight proposed main-stem dams and 60 or more existing tributary dams in the lower Mekong basin. A new article from University of Illinois and Iowa State University scientists lays out what dam constructio...