@article{9cea96b32b32434d9e205f7afc401fd9,
title = "Environmental effects of the Kakhovka Dam destruction by warfare in Ukraine",
abstract = "The use of water as a weapon in highly industrialized areas in the Russo-Ukrainian war has resulted in catastrophic economic and environmental damages. We analyze environmental effects caused by the military destruction of the Kakhovka Dam. We link field, remote sensing, and modeling data to demarcate the disaster{\textquoteright}s spatial-temporal scales and outline trends in reestablishment of damaged ecosystems. Although media attention has focused on the immediate impacts of flooding on society, politics, and the economy, our results show that toxic contamination within newly exposed sediments of the former reservoir bed poses a largely overlooked long-term threat to freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems. The continued use of water as a weapon may lead to even greater risks for people and the environment.",
author = "O. Shumilova and A. Sukhodolov and N. Osadcha and A. Oreshchenko and G. Constantinescu and S. Afanasyev and M. Koken and V. Osadchyi and B. Rhoads and K. Tockner and Monaghan, {M. T.} and B. Schr{\"o}der and J. Nabyvanets and C. Wolter and O. Lietytska and {van de Koppel}, J. and N. Magas and J{\"a}hnig, {S. C.} and V. Lakisova and G. Trokhymenko and M. Venohr and V. Komorin and S. Stepanenko and V. Khilchevskyi and S. Domisch and M. Blettler and P. Gleick and {De Meester}, L. and Grossart, {H. P.}",
note = "This work was funded by the following: Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Programme Area Dimensions of Complexity of Aquatic Systems (to O.S., A.S., H.P.G., M.V., L.M., and C.W.) Leibniz Competition J45/2018 (to S.D.) German Science Foundation, DFG SU405/11 (to A.S.) Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW), project \u201CYoung Network TransEurope\u201D (to O.S.).",
year = "2025",
month = mar,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1126/science.adn8655",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "387",
pages = "1181--1186",
journal = "Science",
issn = "0036-8075",
publisher = "American Association for the Advancement of Science",
number = "6739",
}