Impact of Humans on the Flux of Terrestr
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Syvitski, J. P. M.
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Article
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2005
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American Association for the Advancement of Scienc
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English
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Here we provide global estimates of the seasonal flux of sediment, on a river-by-river basis, under modern and prehuman conditions. Humans have simultaneously increased the sediment transport by global rivers through soil erosion (by 2.3 Β± 0.6 billion metric tons per year), yet reduced the flux of s