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Science editorial: A megadam test for China and South Asia

Science (November 20, 2025) - Rafael J. P. Schmitt and Brian Eyler discuss the impacts, benefits, and the veil of secrecy around the Lower Tsangpo Hydropower Project that just started construction in the far South-East of Tibet in their new editorial in Science.

Targeted strategies for phasing out US coal plants

Sidney Gathrid, Grace Wu, Ranjit Deshmukh (October 23, 2025) - Sidney Gathrid (my first senior thesis student!), Ranjit Deshmukh, collaborators at UC Santa Cruz and Helmholtz in Germany, and Grace Wu published a paper in Nature Energy!

Hydro Club attends annual Fresno Drill Day Event

ES Hydro Club (November 14, 2025) - Es Hydro Club attends annual Fresno Drill Day Event.

New publication: Protected Area Co-Management in the Context of State Conservation and Development: Comparing Cases in Costa Rica and Colombia

Karly Miller (October 16, 2025) - Drawing on historical documents and qualitative research in both Costa Rica and Colombia, this paper offers a critical analysis of how co-management intersects with state conservation practices and impacts local communities and environments in complex and often incoherent ways.