Battling to Save the World’s River Deltas
By Charles J. Vörösmarty, James Syvitski, John Day, Alex de Sherbinin, Liviu Giosan, Chris Paola | Issue Article | March 1, 2009
The fragility of the world’s deltas is not solely a consequence of
rising ocean waters. Human fresh water use is a predominant force behind
receding coastlines.
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Issue: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 65 Issue 2
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Charles J. Vörösmarty
Vörösmarty is a professor of civil engineering at the City College of New York and founding director of the CUNY Environmental Cross-Roads ... Read More
James Syvitski
James P. M. Syvitski is an oceanographer and geologist and is executive director of the Community Surface Dynamics ... Read More
Alex de Sherbinin
Alex de Sherbinin is a senior research associate at the Center for International Earth Science Information ... Read More
Liviu Giosan
Liviu Giosan is an associate scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, ... Read More
Chris Paola
Chris Paola is professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis ... Read More
