Publicaciones

Adaptation for changing deltas

Ghosh, Tuhin; Loc, Ho Huu; Park, Edward; Mortreux, Colette; Okoh, Rosemary; Nesterenko, Mykhailo; Dubey, Sourabh Kumar; Gain, Animesh K.; Le, Dung Phuong; Giosan, Liviu; Syvitski, Jaia

Resúmen

Deltas have provided fertile farmland, productive fishing, and access to trade routes for millennia. Today, more than five hundred million people live on deltas and coastal urban areas. Yet deltas are also incredibly vulnerable to the pressures of climate change.