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

On July 11, 2024, the U.S. Navy deliberately sent a former warship to the bottom of the Pacific during the world’s largest ...

Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

From the Nile to the Mississippi, sinking land is compounding sea-level rise. A new study pinpoints where deltas are dropping ...

Researchers analyzed 40 deltas across five continents, including the Mississippi, Mekong, Nile and Ganges–Brahmaputra systems ...

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