Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

Some of the world’s biggest megacities are located in river deltas threatened by subsidence due to excessive groundwater ...

The findings point to heightening near-term flood risk for more than 236 million people, but river delta flooding is an issue ...

Researchers analyzed 40 deltas across five continents, including the Mississippi, Mekong, Nile and Ganges–Brahmaputra systems ...

A new study published in Nature finds human-driven land sinking now outpaces sea-level rise in many of the world’s major ...

New research involving the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals how fast the world’s river deltas are sinking and the human-driven causes. Home to hundreds of millions of people, until now it was ...

After nearly half of a decade of restoration efforts, the newly reconstructed Provo River Delta is back open, providing a space for public recreation and young fish to thrive. The Provo River Delta ...

The Colorado River flows through El Chausse, a restoration site in northwestern Mexico, on Oct. 26. Environmentalists hope policymakers will keep sending water to these sites after an existing ...