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Study offers economical solutions for maintaining critical delta environments
2013-12-10 03:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Formed at the lowest part of a river where its water flow slows and spreads into the sea, deltas are sediment-rich, biodiverse areas, a valuable source of seafood, fertile ground for agriculture, and host to ports important for transportation. At least half of the deltas around the world are so-called "wave dominated deltas" -- open to the sea and under the impact of wave erosion. And many more deltas will come under wave dominance as dammed rivers carry less and less sediment. In a warming climate,...
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