Delta sustainability from the Holocene to the Anthropocene and envisioning the future

E Anthony, J Syvitski, F Zăinescu, RJ Nicholls… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
River deltas offer numerous ecosystem services and host an estimated global population of
350 million to more than 500 million inhabitants in over 100 countries. To maintain their …

Data‐driven 3D modelling of long‐term Holocene delta evolution and sediment compaction: The Mekong Delta

S Baldan, PSJ Minderhoud, R Xotta… - Earth Surface …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The Vietnamese Mekong River Delta (VMD) is one of the largest and lowest
elevated deltas on Earth, shaped over the past thousands of years following delta …

Dynamic land cover and ecosystem service changes in global coastal deltas under future climate scenarios

S Wu, Z Guo, A Askar, X Li, Y Hu, H Li… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Coastal deltas, housing 4.5% of the global population, face profound shifts due to
climate change and intensified human activities. This study utilizes the Patch-generating …

Highly intervened estuaries: impacts, dynamics and system responses

JC Restrepo, A Newton, B Van Maanen… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
1 Background Estuaries are among the most degraded and threatened environments
worldwide (Scown et al., 2023; Syvitski and Saito, 2007). Highly intervened estuaries with …

Harnessing Oyster Shells for Sustainable Coastal Restoration, Resilience and Ecosystem Enhancement

F McQuarrie - 2024 - digitalcommons.newhaven.edu
Climate change and coastal erosion are two major threats facing coastal wetlands and
marshes, especially in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Climate change has been causing …