Long-term impacts of climate change on coastal and transitional eco-systems in India: an overview of its current status, future projections, solutions, and policies

A Subramanian, AM Nagarajan, S Vinod… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Urbanization and industrial development are increasing rapidly. These are accompanied by
problems of population explosion, encroachment of agricultural, and construction lands …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling, challenges, and strategies for understanding impacts of climate extremes (droughts and floods) on water quality in Asia: A review

PS Fabian, HH Kwon, M Vithanage, JH Lee - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme climate events are among the most
expected and recognized consequences of climate change. Prediction of water quality …

[HTML][HTML] Global mangrove deforestation and its interacting social-ecological drivers: A systematic review and synthesis

AK Bhowmik, R Padmanaban, P Cabral, MM Romeiras - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Globally, mangrove forests are substantially declining, and a globally synthesized database
containing the drivers of deforestation and drivers' interactions is scarce. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Applying the global RCP–SSP–SPA scenario framework at sub-national scale: A multi-scale and participatory scenario approach

AS Kebede, RJ Nicholls, A Allan, I Arto… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
To better anticipate potential impacts of climate change, diverse information about the future
is required, including climate, society and economy, and adaptation and mitigation. To …

Seven centuries of reconstructed Brahmaputra River discharge demonstrate underestimated high discharge and flood hazard frequency

MP Rao, ER Cook, BI Cook, RD D'Arrigo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The lower Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh and Northeast India often floods
during the monsoon season, with catastrophic consequences for people throughout the …

Impact of dams and climate change on suspended sediment flux to the Mekong delta

G Bussi, SE Darby, PG Whitehead, L **… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The livelihoods of millions of people living in the world's deltas are deeply interconnected
with the sediment dynamics of these deltas. In particular a sustainable supply of fluvial …

Stabilization of global temperature at 1.5 C and 2.0 C: implications for coastal areas

RJ Nicholls, S Brown, P Goodwin… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The effectiveness of stringent climate stabilization scenarios for coastal areas in terms of
reduction of impacts/adaptation needs and wider policy implications has received little …

[HTML][HTML] Migration as a human affair: Integrating individual stress thresholds into quantitative models of climate migration

H Adams, S Kay - Environmental Science & Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Sea level rise will expose millions of people to increasing coastal hazards and eventual land
loss. Thus, it is important to understand how residents will make decisions about whether …

Approaches to defining deltaic sustainability in the 21st century

JW Day, J Agboola, Z Chen, C D'Elia, DL Forbes… - Estuarine, coastal and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Deltas are among the most productive and economically important of global ecosystems but
unfortunately they are also among the most threatened by human activities. Here we discuss …

Potential impacts of climate and land use change on the water quality of Ganga River around the industrialized Kanpur region

S Santy, P Mujumdar, G Bala - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The heavily industrialised Kanpur region is the most polluted stretch of the Ganga river
because of excessive pollutant discharge from the industries. Agricultural runoff along with …