article_snippet: In January, London-based scidev.net reported that an independent commission of experts -- including scientists from the InterAmerican Network of Academies of Science, Nicaraguan Academy of Sciences and International Council for Science -- had reached similar conclusions, warning of "unintended adverse consequences that could do economic, environmental and social harm.
article_snippet: Like other critics of the construction of the canal, Huete-Perez wants greater transparency from HKND and the Nicaraguan government.
article_snippet: Some skeptics doubt the hyper-ambitious canal is realistic.
article_snippet: Pedro Alvarez, chairman of civil engineering at Rice University, has expressed doubts that the hyper-ambitious canal will ever be completed.
article_snippet: Pedro Alvarez, chairman of civil engineering at Rice University worries that the hyper-ambitious canal will be abandoned.
article_snippet: Pedro Alvarez, chairman of civil engineering at Rice University greatest concern is severe damage to Nicaragua.