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CalTech: Sea-Level Rise Could Make Rivers More Likely to Jump Course
August 13, 2020
PASADENA, California, Aug. 13 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:

Sea-level rise due to climate change is poised to shift the way that rivers naturally chart their path to the shoreline. The nature of that change will depend on both the rate of sea-level rise and the sediment load carried by the river, according to new models by Caltech researchers and their colleagues.

Periodically, a river will change its course to the sea, forming a n . . .

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