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  • Extensive damage to coastal Louisiana from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was largely attributed to high rates of relative sea-level rise caused by coastal subsidence. An examination of the underlying Holocene sediments shows that the compaction of peat-rich deposits contributes significantly to Mississippi Delta subsidence rates of up to 5 mm per year.

    • Torbjörn E. Törnqvist
    • Davin J. Wallace
    • Els M. A. Snijders
    Research
    Nature Geoscience
    Volume: 1, P: 173-176

  • A major earthquake 2500 years ago caused one of the largest rivers on Earth to abruptly change its course. A recurrent event would pose the risk of such cascading hazards to the densely populated floodplains of present-day Bangladesh.

    • Elizabeth L. Chamberlain
    • Steven L. Goodbred
    • Christoph von Hagke
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 15, P: 1-12

  • Argon and luminescence dating of fossil shell infills from Trinil in Java, where Homo erectus lived, reveals that the hominin-bearing deposits are younger than previously thought; perforated shells, a shell tool and an engraved shell indicate that Homo erectus ate freshwater mussels, used their shells as tools and was able to create abstract engravings.

    • Josephine C. A. Joordens
    • Francesco d’Errico
    • Wil Roebroeks
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 518, P: 228-231