[HTML][HTML] Compound flood effects, challenges and solutions: Lessons toward climate-resilient Chinese coastal cities

FKS Chan, X Lu, J Li, Y Lai, M Luo, YD Chen… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Compound flood events by storm-enhanced intensive rainfall and surges on coastal and
inland surface water flooding are increasingly exacerbated, causing significant impacts in …

Building resilience in Asian mega-deltas

FKS Chan, A Paszkowski, Z Wang, X Lu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
The five Asian mega-deltas (the Yangtze, the Pearl, the Chao Phraya, the Mekong and the
Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna deltas) are home to approximately 80% of the global deltaic …

Streamflow and sediment load changes from China's large rivers: Quantitative contributions of climate and human activity factors

S Yin, G Gao, A Huang, D Li, L Ran, M Nawaz… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Riverine water and sediment discharge drive global material circulation and energy transfer,
and they are crucial to the biogeochemical cycle. We investigated the changes in water …

Hydro-geomorphological regime of the lower Yellow river and delta in response to the water–sediment regulation scheme: Process, mechanism and implication

J Wang, B Shi, Q Yuan, E Zhao, T Bai, S Yang - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
The water and sediment regulation schemes (WSRS) orientated by dams have profoundly
adjusted the hydrological process and geomorphological evolution of the lower Yellow River …

[HTML][HTML] Ecosystem-based adaptation strategies to multi-hazard risk reduction and policy implications in the Pearl River and Yangtze River deltas, China

Y Peng, N Welden, FG Renaud - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is growing interest in ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) as an approach for climate
change adaptation, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and the achievement of sustainable …

Higher soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration in rice than non-rice soils following land reclamation

J Pan, J Wang, S Zhuang - Soil and Tillage Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Long-term rice and non-rice cultivation following coastal tidal flat reclamation can
significantly influence the soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) sequestration …

Nature versus humans in coastal environmental change: assessing the impacts of Hurricanes Zeta and Ida in the context of beach nourishment projects in the …

Q Yao, MCL Cohen, K Liu, AV de Souza, E Rodrigues - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hurricanes are one of the most devastating earth surface processes. In 2020 and 2021,
Hurricanes Zeta and Ida pounded the Mississippi River Delta in two consecutive years …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of anthropogenic disturbances on the carbon sink function of Yangtze River estuary wetlands: A review of performance, process, and mechanism

W Mei, H Dong, L Qian, J Yan, Y Hu, L Wang - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Estuarine wetlands are an important part of coastal blue carbon and play an essential role in
mitigating climate change. However, their geographical location typically exposes them to …

Provenance and sediment dispersal in Pearl River Estuary, southern China unraveled by magnetic properties

M Li, Y Zeng, S Liu, M Tang, L Chen, J Chen… - Marine Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pearl River Estuary (PRE), with eight outlets supplied by multiple tributaries, is
an excellent study area for reconstructing sediment provenance and transport pathways of a …

Combined effects of river discharge regulation and estuarine morphological evolution on salinity dynamics in Yangtze Estuary, China

L Zhao, P Xin, H Cheng, A Chu - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Salinity distributions and gradients within an estuary are of great socioeconomic and
ecological importance. In this study, a well-validated and process-based hydrodynamic …