The world’s largest deltas, home to numerous megacities, are expected to bear the brunt of climate-driven sea-level rise. Now, a study shows that disentangling the human impacts on the Mississippi Delta in the past century can help make these systems more resilient.
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Törnqvist, T.E. A river delta in transition. Nat Sustain 6, 617–618 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01104-w
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