Extinction occurs in Hydropower dams

large dams in the world creates extinction to certain species

Study conducted by researchers and scientists from University of Stirling found that there is association between species extinction and hydropower dams. The result of the study indicated that the reservoir of the hydroelectric system affects the animal and plant life significantly. As a result, the extinction has been continuosly progressing as the habitats of the animals and plants are affected.

Researchers and scientists have revealed that reservoir islands formed by huge dams across the earth do not preserve the same numbers of animal and plant life noticed earlier to flooding.

Despite being hailed as conservation sanctuaries that guard and protect the species from poaching, hunting, and deforestation, islands undergo sustained loss of species time after time when the finishing time of construction, surprisingily caused an extinction.

These results symbolize a substantial and serious natural environmental impact that is presently missing from assessment new dams.

According to the Isabel Jones which her statemetn was posted in sciencedaily said that "We found a devastating reduction in species ver time in the majority of reservoir islands we studied. On average, islands have 35 per cent fewer species than nearby mainland sites, however one South American bird community suffered as much as 87 per cent loss of species on reservoir islands.

Isabel Jones, who is a PhD researchers at the University, continuously stated that the flooding reservoirs affect immediate loss of habitats and species impacting biological cost signicantly and that is including the extinction to certain organisms. She said, "No matter where the dam is located, the island size, or which species are present, there is sustained loss of species, with many in existing dams still potentially facing extinction."

The species that have been affected by the reservoirs flooding are various. Those are including the birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates and plants. According to the conservation experts that have been examining in the research suggested that 200 islands created in large size are the main causing of this extinction. And with more than fifty thousands big-sized and large dams operating globally for producing electricity, could have risked the life of organisms in nature. The construction of future dams also increases the risk of long-term mass extinction to organisms.