A real privilege to be part of the world’s first Delta Summit in #Bangkok #Thailand to develop a White Paper for the #UnitedNations to make operational the UN Convention for Conserving River Deltas unveiled and approved at #COP28 internationaldeltasummit.ait.ac.th #UNCCRD #RiverDeltas #Conservation
March 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A real privilege to be part of the world’s first Delta Summit in #Bangkok #Thailand to develop a White Paper for the #UnitedNations to make operational the UN Convention for Conserving River Deltas unveiled and approved at #COP28 internationaldeltasummit.ait.ac.th #UNCCRD #RiverDeltas #Conservation
#RiverDeltas are hot spots of #BiogeochemicalCycling. Yuan Cui et al. analyzed the #SpectroscopicProperties of soil #DissolvedOrganicMatter (DOM) in both freshwater and tidal areas of the #YellowRiverDelta.
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March 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#RiverDeltas are hot spots of #BiogeochemicalCycling. Yuan Cui et al. analyzed the #SpectroscopicProperties of soil #DissolvedOrganicMatter (DOM) in both freshwater and tidal areas of the #YellowRiverDelta.
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18 of Earth's biggest river deltas — including the Nile and Amazon — are sinking faster than global sea levels are rising
Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests. This exacerbates the risk of catastrophic coastal flooding and land loss.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
River deltas occupy just 1% of the Earth’s land surface but are home to between 350mn and 500mn people and include 10 of the world’s 34 megacities. Bne IntelliNews #ClimateChange #RiverDeltas #EnvironmentalRisks #Sustainability #Megacities
World’s sinking river deltas put over 236mn people at risk
River deltas occupy just 1% of the Earth’s land surface but are home to between 350mn and 500mn people and include 10 of the world’s 34 megacities.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:08 PM
River deltas occupy just 1% of the Earth’s land surface but are home to between 350mn and 500mn people and include 10 of the world’s 34 megacities. Bne IntelliNews #ClimateChange #RiverDeltas #EnvironmentalRisks #Sustainability #Megacities