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My team's take on new evidence that #China's upstream #Mekong dams drove 2019 Lower Mekong drought. @StimsonCenter. @MSullivanSEAsia @ShibaniMahtani @RobinsonBKK @HannahEP @David_H_Boyle @TylerRoney @larsonchristina @_aswesterman @stefanlovgren @SBengali stimson.org/2020/new-evide…
/2 Major findings: From April-Nov 2019 while downstream portions of #Mekong suffered extreme drought & no monsoons, #China's upstream had abnormal high level of rain & snowmelt. China's dams restricted an enormous amount of water when the downstream needed it. image: @regankwan 
3/ China's dams held back so much water that they entirely prevented the annual monsoon-driven rise in river level at Chiang Saen, Thailand. This has NEVER been recorded before. Blue line = predicted natural flow w/o dams; orange=@MRCMekong MRC gauge @marcgoichot @Stuart_Orr
