Climate change not only leads to rising sea levels, but also puts our rivers to the test. Researchers of Wageningen University & Research warn that rivers are becoming more vulnerable to sudden, ...

This is the second in a series on river deltas and food production. In the first post, I focused on how rivers create deltas and how deltas often provide ideal conditions for agriculture. Overall, ...

Many of the world’s largest river deltas—home to hundreds of millions of people—are sinking faster than rising seas, according to a sweeping global study. Using high-resolution satellite radar maps, ...

As densely populated coastal communities struggle to keep up with rising sea levels, new research reveals a way to predict how river deltas build land and protect coastal regions from encroaching ...

The world’s most economically and environmentally important river deltas are sinking, putting millions of people at risk of flooding. In most cases, the sinking of river deltas poses a greater threat ...

Perilously situated between rising sea levels and pressures from upstream lie coastal river deltas and their roughly half a billion inhabitants. These regions have played an important role in societal ...