River deltas and sea-level rise

JH Nienhuis, W Kim, GA Milne, M Quock… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Future sea-level rise poses an existential threat for many river deltas, yet quantifying the
effect of sea-level changes on these coastal landforms remains a challenge. Sea-level …

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 …

Sediment delivery to sustain the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta under climate change and anthropogenic impacts

JL Raff, SL Goodbred Jr, JL Pickering… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The principal nature-based solution for offsetting relative sea-level rise in the Ganges-
Brahmaputra delta is the unabated delivery, dispersal, and deposition of the rivers'~ 1 billion …

Critical turbidity thresholds for maintenance of estuarine tidal flats worldwide

TJ Grandjean, R Weenink, D van der Wal… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Tidal flats are shrinking in extent globally. The dynamics of the response of estuarine tidal
flats to global environmental changes remain unclear. Tidal-flat morphology is shaped by …

Progress toward resilient and sustainable water management in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

VPD Tri, L Yarina, HQ Nguyen… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sinking and shrinking, the Vietnamese Mekong Delta is a materialization of dynamic river
flows, sediment flows, and coastline processes. Past policy aspirations and extensive water …

Natural and anthropogenic effects on spatio-temporal variation in sediment load and yield in the Godavari basin, India

S Das, AM Kandekar, SJ Sangode - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
River sediment, the most crucial component of the land-ocean interaction, is enduring
substantial changes worldwide because of anthropogenic alterations and climate change …

Towards a global sustainable development agenda built on social–ecological resilience

MW Scown, RK Craig, CR Allen, L Gunderson… - Global …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Non-technical summary The United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs)
articulate societal aspirations for people and our planet. Many scientists have criticised the …

Sediment load crisis in the Mekong River Basin: Severe reductions over the decades

SDX Chua, XX Lu - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
The boom in water infrastructure in the Mekong Basin has raised concerns over the annual
supply of water and sediment among its riparian communities. By consolidating various …

Effects of Sea‐Level Rise on Dredging and Dredged Estuary Morphology

JR Cox, J Lingbeek, SAH Weisscher… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Estuaries and deltas worldwide are facing land loss and drowning due to sea‐level rise
(SLR). Commonly home to ports, their channels are dredged and deepened for navigation …

The ethics of volcano geoengineering

M Cassidy, A Sandberg, L Mani - Earth's Future, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Volcano geoengineering is the practice of altering the state of volcanic systems and/or
volcanic eruptions to exploit them or mitigate their risk. Although many in the field insist there …