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Nature Geoscience 1, 156–157 (1 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/ngeo137

Geomorphology: Survive or subside?

John W. Day & Liviu Giosan

Faced with the pressures of human development and climate change, it is make-or-break time for many of the world's river deltas. But what exactly are the factors that determine whether a delta survives and prospers? On page 173 of this issue, T|[ouml]|rnqvist et al. go some way to providing an answer.