Earth's sediment cycle during the Anthropocene

J Syvitski, JR Ángel, Y Saito, I Overeem… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
The global sediment cycle is a fundamental feature of the Earth system, balancing
competing factors such as orogeny, physical–chemical erosion and human action. In this …

Anthropogenic, direct pressures on coastal wetlands

A Newton, J Icely, S Cristina, GME Perillo… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Coastal wetlands, such as saltmarshes and mangroves that fringe transitional waters,
deliver important ecosystem services that support human development. Coastal wetlands …

Amplification of downstream flood stage due to damming of fine-grained rivers

H Ma, JA Nittrouer, X Fu, G Parker, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
River dams provide many benefits, including flood control. However, due to constantly
evolving channel morphology, downstream conveyance of floodwaters following dam …

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 …

Influence of the Three Gorges Dam on the transport and sorting of coarse and fine sediments downstream of the dam

Y Yang, J Zheng, L Zhu, H Zhang, J Wang - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
River hydrology and geomorphology are largely influenced by human activities. The
operation of the Three Gorges Dam (TGD), which is the largest global hydropower project …

Delta sustainability from the Holocene to the Anthropocene and envisioning the future

E Anthony, J Syvitski, F Zăinescu, RJ Nicholls… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
River deltas offer numerous ecosystem services and host an estimated global population of
350 million to more than 500 million inhabitants in over 100 countries. To maintain their …

Anthropogenic impacts on the decreasing sediment loads of nine major rivers in China, 1954–2015

Z Wu, D Zhao, JPM Syvitski, Y Saito, J Zhou… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the past 60 years, because of the combined impacts of human activities and climate
change, the sediment load of the nine major rivers (the Yellow, Yangtze, Pearl …

[HTML][HTML] Morphological response of the Lower Yellow River to the operation of **aolangdi Dam, China

D Kong, EM Latrubesse, C Miao, R Zhou - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
The morphodynamics of the Lower Yellow River (LYR) has been impacted by intense dam-
induced changes over the past few decades. Here we present results on the morphological …

Human impact on suspended particulate matter in the Yellow River Estuary, China: Evidence from remote sensing data fusion using an improved spatiotemporal …

P Li, Y Ke, D Wang, H Ji, S Chen, M Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transport of suspended particulate matter (SPM) in estuarine waters plays an important role
in regulating erosion-accretion and biogeochemical processes. In the Yellow River Estuary …

Modeling the morphological responses of the Yellow River Delta to the water‐sediment regulation scheme: The role of impulsive river floods and density‐driven flows

G Wu, K Wang, B Liang, X Wu, H Wang… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Morphological evolution of river deltas depends to a large extent on river discharges, which
are usually highly unsteady due to natural hydrological cycles and anthropogenic …