Human activities have changed the shapes of river deltas

Nick van de Giesen ()

Nature, 2020, vol. 577, issue 7791, 473-474

Abstract: A model has been devised that quantitatively describes how the shape of a river delta is affected by sediments, tides and waves. It reveals that the area of delta land is increasing globally, as a result of human activities upstream.

Keywords: Hydrology; Ocean sciences; Environmental sciences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-00047-y

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