Major river deltas are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, increasing flood risk and affecting 236 million people.

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

A study published today in Nature shows that many of the world's major river deltas are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, potentially ...

A study published in Nature shows that many of the world's major river deltas are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, ...

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 ...

Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice ...

Shaina Sadai has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the Hitz Family Foundation. Ambarish Karmalkar receives funding from National Science Foundation. When polar ice sheets melt, ...

Global sea levels have not continued to rise at the rates predicted by many scientists — and there is no evidence that climate change has contributed to any such acceleration, a new first-of-its-kind ...

Parts of New Orleans and nearby wetlands are slowly sinking. While much of the city’s ground remains stable, new research from Tulane University indicates that some parts of the $15 billion flood ...