Many of the world's largest deltas are densely populated and heavily farmed. Yet many of
their inhabitants are becoming increasingly vulnerable to flooding and conversions of their …

Background Salt marshes lie between many human communities and the coast and have
been presumed to protect these communities from coastal hazards by providing important …

Regional sea level changes can deviate substantially from those of the global mean, can
vary on a broad range of timescales, and in some regions can even lead to a reversal of …

Large-river delta-front estuaries (LDE) are important interfaces between continents and the
oceans for material fluxes that have a global impact on marine biogeochemistry. In this …

The Mississippi River is one of the world's 10 largest rivers, with average freshwater
discharge into the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) of 380km3year− 1. In the northern GOM …

Tidal marshes maintain elevation relative to sea level through accumulation of mineral and
organic matter, yet this dynamic accumulation feedback mechanism has not been modeled …

Abstract The Mississippi River fluvial–marine sediment-dispersal system (MRS) has become
the focus of renewed research during the past decade, driven by the recognition that the …

From 1990 to 2004, we carried out a study on accretionary dynamics and wetland loss in salt
marshes surrounding two small ponds in the Mississippi delta; Old Oyster Bayou (OB), a …

Because sea level could rise 1 m or more during the next century, it is important to
understand what land, communities and assets may be most at risk from increased flooding …

Many of the world′ s largest river deltas are sinking due to sediment loading, compaction,
and tectonics but also recently because of groundwater extraction, hydrocarbon extraction …