Compare and contrast: River deltas are threatened by more than climate change – leaving hundreds of millions of people at risk

The Conversation – United Kingdom

Perilously situated between rising sea levels and pressures from upstream lie coastal river deltas and their roughly half a billion inhabitants. Our recent research reveals that 49 deltas around the world, including the Nile, Mekong, and Mississippi are facing growing risks under all of the IPCC’s future scenarios for climate change and development. Click here to continue reading

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