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

From the South China Sea to Osaka Bay, some of the most audacious artificial islands on Earth are settling, cracking and ...

A new study says river deltas around the world aren’t just disappearing because of rising seas, but because the land itself ...

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, ...