The US-led project hopes to include data in future from 10 countries to gather information on deltas including those of the Nile, Yangtze and Volga rivers, said Gregory Smith, head of the National Wetlands Research Center of the US Interior Department. The aim was to gather "large-scale data sets" to help in modelling the impact of rising sea levels and worsening cyclonic storms on river deltas, and on the man-made structures and communities in them, he said….
Monday, November 17, 2008
US, Vietnam to study climate change impact on Mekong Delta
Yahoo News, via Agence France-Presse: The United States and
will jointly study the impact of climate change on the Mekong Delta and other low-lying river regions worldwide, officials said Monday. Scientists from both countries will work at a new Delta Research and Global Observation Network (DRAGON) institute, the first of several that are due to be set up worldwide, at southern Vietnam's Can Tho University. Vietnam