Future Earth Coasts

Mega Deltas

Call for Abstracts | 2nd International Mega–Delta Meeting

River deltas are critical coastal habitats. However, they are facing continuous threats such as increased erosion, flooding risk, and shrinking salt marshes and mangroves. This has become a global problem which requires international cooperation to find solutions....

ECNU SKLEC’s Mega-Delta Program endorsed by UN Ocean Decade

On June 8, 2021, State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC)’s Mega-Delta program was listed as one of the first round of the 65 programs endorsed under the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. It is the only program that has been currently accepted from the Chinese mainland.

The 1st International Symposium on Digital Twin of Estuarine and Coastal System has been held

The 1st International Symposium on Digital Twin of Estuarine and Coastal System, hosted by the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC),was held online on May 13, 2022. More than 200 scientists attended this meeting. Prof. Qing He, the director of the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, delivered a warmly welcome speech. Prof. Zhong Peng chaired this symposium.

Progress meeting of the UN Ocean Decade “Mega-Delta Programme” held online

The progress meeting of the Mega-Delta Programme, hosted by the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC), East China Normal University, was held online on June 7, 2022. Fourteen scientists from China, the Netherlands, UK, Pakistan, Brazil, Egypt, USA, and Canada presented their progress in research, and more than 80 participants from all over the world attended this meeting. Prof. Qing He, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, delivered a warmly welcome speech.