Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Coastal flooding will disproportionately impact people on river deltas

  • Douglas A. Edmonds,
  • Rebecca L. Caldwell,
  • Eduardo S. Brondizio,
  • Sacha M. O. Siani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18531-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Coastal river delta regions are particularly impacted by the effects of climate change, yet though these regions are densely inhabited, robust estimates of population are lacking. Here the authors use global datasets to predict the number of people and regions most threatened by flooding and extreme weather.