Measuring, modelling and projecting coastal land subsidence

M Shirzaei, J Freymueller, TE Törnqvist… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Coastal subsidence contributes to relative sea-level rise and exacerbates flooding hazards,
with the at-risk population expected to triple by 2070. Natural processes of vertical land …

On the exploitation of remote sensing technologies for the monitoring of coastal and river delta regions

Q Zhao, J Pan, AT Devlin, M Tang, C Yao… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing technologies are extensively applied to prevent, monitor, and forecast
hazardous risk conditions in the present-day global climate change era. This paper presents …

Sustained groundwater loss in California's Central Valley exacerbated by intense drought periods

C Ojha, M Shirzaei, S Werth, DF Argus… - Water Resources …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The accelerated rate of decline in groundwater levels across California's Central Valley
results from overdrafting and low rates of natural recharge and is exacerbated by droughts …

Surface uplift and time-dependent seismic hazard due to fluid injection in eastern Texas

M Shirzaei, WL Ellsworth, KF Tiampo, PJ González… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Observations that unequivocally link seismicity and wastewater injection are scarce. Here
we show that wastewater injection in eastern Texas causes uplift, detectable in radar …

Global climate change and local land subsidence exacerbate inundation risk to the San Francisco Bay Area

M Shirzaei, R Bürgmann - Science advances, 2018 - science.org
The current global projections of future sea level rise are the basis for develo** inundation
hazard maps. However, contributions from spatially variable coastal subsidence have …

[HTML][HTML] Triggered afterslip on the southern Hikurangi subduction interface following the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake from InSAR time series with atmospheric …

C Yu, Z Li, NT Penna - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake represents an extremely complex event
involving over ten major crustal faults, altering conventional understanding of multi-fault …

Hidden vulnerability of US Atlantic coast to sea-level rise due to vertical land motion

LO Ohenhen, M Shirzaei, C Ojha, ML Kirwan - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
The vulnerability of coastal environments to sea-level rise varies spatially, particularly due to
local land subsidence. However, high-resolution observations and models of coastal …

Localized uplift, widespread subsidence, and implications for sea level rise in the New York City metropolitan area

B Buzzanga, DPS Bekaert, BD Hamlington… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Regional relative sea level rise is exacerbating flooding hazards in the coastal zone. In
addition to changes in the ocean, vertical land motion (VLM) is a driver of spatial variation in …

Widespread deep seismicity in the Delaware Basin, Texas, is mainly driven by shallow wastewater injection

G Zhai, M Shirzaei, M Manga - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Industrial activity away from plate boundaries can induce earthquakes and has evolved into
a global issue. Much of the induced seismicity in the United States' midcontinent is attributed …

Groundwater loss and aquifer system compaction in San Joaquin Valley during 2012–2015 drought

C Ojha, S Werth, M Shirzaei - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
California's millennium drought of 2012–2015 severely impacted the Central Valley aquifer
system and caused permanent loss of groundwater and aquifer storage capacity. To quantify …