The global sediment cycle is a fundamental feature of the Earth system, balancing
competing factors such as orogeny, physical–chemical erosion and human action. In this …

More than 70% of large deltas are under threat from rising sea levels, subsidence and
anthropogenic interferences, including the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna (GBM) delta, the …

River deltas rank among the most economically and ecologically valuable environments on
Earth. Even in the absence of sea-level rise, deltas are increasingly vulnerable to coastal …

Salt marshes are dynamic systems able to laterally expand, contract, and vertically accrete
in response to sea level rise. Here, we present the grand challenges that need to be …

For millennia, agriculture has been shaping landscapes on Earth. Technological change
has increased agricultural productivity dramatically, especially in the past six decades, but …

The lower shoreface provides the connection between the continental shelf and the
shoreline via its onshore transition called the upper shoreface. Lower shorefaces are …

Rising temperatures, rapid urbanization and soaring demand for natural resources threaten
deltas worldwide and make them vulnerable to rising seas, subsidence, droughts, floods …

The livelihoods of millions of people living in the world's deltas are deeply interconnected
with the sediment dynamics of these deltas. In particular a sustainable supply of fluvial …

The effects of sea-level rise on the future morphological functioning of estuaries are largely
unknown because tidal amplitudes will change due to combined deepening of the estuary …

Hydropower is a rapidly developing and globally important source of renewable electricity.
Globally, over 60% of rivers longer than 500 km are already fragmented and thousands of …