'Thermal pollution' in rivers not fully mediated by gravel augmentation

Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 15:00 in Earth & Climate

Although adding gravel to a river to replace lost sediments won't likely cool the whole river channel, it can create cool water refuges that protect fish from thermal pollution, according to a U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station study.

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