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Can Cold Water Become Infrastructure? Protecting Rivers Through Riparian Forests, Springs, and Dam Operations
As climate change raises river temperatures, cold-water refuges are becoming essential infrastructure. Riparian forests, springs, tributaries, deep pools, fish passages, and dam operations can form a connected network that helps freshwater species survive extreme heat. -
Rivers Have Heatwaves Too: Rising Water Temperatures Are Erasing Cold-Water Ecosystems
Climate change, drought, dams, water withdrawals, and the loss of riparian forests are warming rivers. As cold-water habitats shrink, fish need connected thermal refuges where they can escape extreme heat, survive, and reproduce.
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