A study published on Jan. 14 in Nature shows that many of the world’s major river deltas are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of people in these regions.
A study published on Jan. 14 in Nature shows that many of the world’s major river deltas are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of people in these regions.
The major causes are groundwater withdrawal, reduced river sediment supply, and urban expansion.
The research provides the first high-resolution, delta-wide assessment of elevation loss across 40 river deltas worldwide. The study was overseen by Virginia Tech geoscientists Manoochehr Shirzaei and Susanna Werth and led by former Virginia Tech graduate student Leonard Ohenhen, now an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine.
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