Rising Threat: Global Subsidence of River Deltas

Subject of Research: Medicine, Technology and Engineering

Article Title: Rising Threat: Global Subsidence of River Deltas

Article References: Ohenhen, L. O., Shirzaei, M., Davis, J. L., Tiwari, A., Nicholls, R., Dasho, O., Sadhasivam, N., Seeger, K., Werth, S., Chadwick, A. J., Onyike, F., Lucy, J., Atkins, C., Daramola, S., Ankamah, A., Minderhoud, P. S. J., Oelsmann, J., & Yemele, G. C. (2026). Global subsidence of river deltas. Nature, 649(8098), 894-901. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09928-6

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09928-6

Keywords: coastal vulnerability assessment, effects of climate change on deltas, environmental monitoring of river deltas, global river delta subsidence, implications for delta ecosystems, InSAR algorithms for surface deformation, multitemporal wavelet processing techniques, satellite imagery in delta studies, scientific research on river delta stability, sea level rise impact on deltas, Sentinel-1 SAR data analysis, subsidence measurement methods