Delta sustainability from the Holocene to the Anthropocene and envisioning the future

Edward Anthony (), Jaia Syvitski, Florin Zăinescu, Robert J. Nicholls, Kim M. Cohen, Nick Marriner, Yoshiki Saito, John Day, Philip S. J. Minderhoud, Alessandro Amorosi, Zhongyuan Chen, Christophe Morhange, Toru Tamura, Alfred Vespremeanu-Stroe, Manon Besset, François Sabatier, David Kaniewski and Vittorio Maselli
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Edward Anthony: Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Collège de France, CEREGE
Jaia Syvitski: University of Colorado
Florin Zăinescu: Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Collège de France, CEREGE
Robert J. Nicholls: University of East Anglia
Kim M. Cohen: Utrecht University
Nick Marriner: CNRS, ThéMA, Université de Franche-Comté, UMR 6049, MSHE Ledoux
Yoshiki Saito: Shimane University of Matsue
John Day: Louisiana State University
Philip S. J. Minderhoud: Wageningen University
Alessandro Amorosi: University of Bologna
Zhongyuan Chen: East China Normal University
Christophe Morhange: Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Collège de France, CEREGE
Toru Tamura: AIST
Alfred Vespremeanu-Stroe: University of Bucharest
Manon Besset: Bordeaux Technowest
François Sabatier: Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Collège de France, CEREGE
David Kaniewski: Université Toulouse 3 - Paul Sabatier (UT3)
Vittorio Maselli: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Nature Sustainability, 2024, vol. 7, issue 10, 1235-1246

Abstract: Abstract 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 sustainability into the future, deltas need to withstand sea-level rise from global warming, but human pressures and diminishing sediment supplies are exacerbating their vulnerability. In this Review, we show how deltas have served as environmental incubators for societal development over the past 7,000 years, and how this tightly interlocked relationship now poses challenges to deltas globally. Without climate stabilization, the sustainability of populous low-to-mid-latitude deltas will be difficult to maintain, probably terminating the delta–human relationship that we know today.

Date: 2024
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