Output details
15 - General Engineering
University of Southampton
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Article title
Sinking deltas due to human activites
Type
D - Journal article
DOI
Title of journal
Nature Geoscience
Article number
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Volume number
2
Issue number
10
First page of article
681
ISSN of journal
1752-0894
Year of publication
2009
Number of additional authors
10
Additional information
Significance of output:
Globally, deltas are home to 500 million people, or more than 7 per cent of the world’s population. These areas are prone to flooding, and this potential is increasing due to a range of changes. Most obvious is climate-induced sea-level rise and possibly more intense storms. However, this paper shows that other local and catchment effects are currently much more important including loss of land elevation due to subsidence (groundwater pumping), drainage and sediment starvation. The article has been widely cited and is contributing to efforts to promote a Year of Deltas.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
3 - Energy & climate change
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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