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Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: Human Activity is Driving Rapid Sinking of World's River Deltas
January 25, 2026
NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (TNSjou) -- Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news:

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Human Activity is Driving Rapid Sinking of World's River Deltas

New research, published in Nature, documents the rate of elevation loss in the world's deltas, and finds that people are the primary reason for it.

The work reveals which human-driven activities are the main drivers

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