The world’s coastal deltas are home to hundreds of thousands of people – but they’re now under threat.
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Millions of people around the world live on river deltas and are vulnerable when those rivers shift direction. A new study shows why and where these events, called avulsions, happen.
Sea levels are rising, while deltas are being starved of sediment by upstream dams.
The Mekong Delta is gradually being washed away, as less sediment is delivered downstream.
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of Southampton
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Assistant professor, Utrecht University
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Professor of Sedimentology and Director, Energy & Environment Institute, University of Hull
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Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of Southampton
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Assistant Professor of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Associate Senior Lecturer in Geography, Lund University
