Projections of salt intrusion in a mega-delta under climatic and anthropogenic stressors

Human activities, such as groundwater extraction and sediment starvation, are projected to add to climatic factors like sea level rise to exacerbate saline water intrusion into the Mekong Delta, Vietnam over the next 30 years, according to process-based model simulations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sepehr Eslami, Piet Hoekstra, Philip S. J. Minderhoud, Nam Nguyen Trung, Jannis M. Hoch, Edwin H. Sutanudjaja, Do Duc Dung, Tran Quang Tho, Hal E. Voepel, Marie-Noëlle Woillez, Maarten van der Vegt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature 2021-07-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00208-5