Geomorphic change in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna delta

A Paszkowski, S Goodbred Jr, E Borgomeo… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
More than 70% of large deltas are under threat from rising sea levels, subsidence and
anthropogenic interferences, including the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna (GBM) delta, the …

Mangrove sedimentation and response to relative sea-level rise

CD Woodroffe, K Rogers, KL McKee… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Mangroves occur on upper intertidal shorelines in the tropics and subtropics. Complex
hydrodynamic and salinity conditions, related primarily to elevation and hydroperiod …

The global distribution and trajectory of tidal flats

NJ Murray, SR Phinn, M DeWitt, R Ferrari, R Johnston… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Increasing human populations around the global coastline have caused extensive loss,
degradation and fragmentation of coastal ecosystems, threatening the delivery of important …

Sediment delivery to sustain the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta under climate change and anthropogenic impacts

JL Raff, SL Goodbred Jr, JL Pickering… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The principal nature-based solution for offsetting relative sea-level rise in the Ganges-
Brahmaputra delta is the unabated delivery, dispersal, and deposition of the rivers'~ 1 billion …

Flood risk of natural and embanked landscapes on the Ganges–Brahmaputra tidal delta plain

LW Auerbach, SL Goodbred Jr, DR Mondal… - Nature Climate …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The Ganges–Brahmaputra river delta, with 170 million people and a vast, low-lying
coastal plain, is perceived to be at great risk of increased flooding and submergence from …

Large deltas, small deltas: Toward a more rigorous understanding of coastal marine deltas

J Syvitski, E Anthony, Y Saito, F Zăinescu, J Day… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Deltas are subaerial landforms that cap underlying deposits with subaqueous extensions
that result from a river feeding sediment directly into a standing body of water at a rate that …

Tidal controls on river delta morphology

AJF Hoitink, ZB Wang, B Vermeulen, Y Huismans… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
River delta degradation has been caused by extraction of natural resources, sediment
retention by reservoirs, and sea-level rise. Despite global concerns about these issues …

River deltas and sea-level rise

JH Nienhuis, W Kim, GA Milne, M Quock… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Future sea-level rise poses an existential threat for many river deltas, yet quantifying the
effect of sea-level changes on these coastal landforms remains a challenge. Sea-level …

Climate change-induced migration in coastal Bangladesh? A critical assessment of migration drivers in rural households under economic and environmental stress

A Bernzen, JC Jenkins, B Braun - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Discussions of climate migration have recognized the need for probabilistic, systematic, and
empirical analyses. We examine the importance of environmental stressors in migration …

Synthesis of the distribution of subsidence of the lower Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, Bangladesh

MS Steckler, B Oryan, CA Wilson, C Grall… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Deltas, the low-lying land at river mouths, are sensitive to the delicate balance between sea
level rise, land subsidence and sedimentation. Bangladesh and the Ganges-Brahmaputra …