Articles on Ganges delta

May 29, 2026

A dangerous dam‑building race is threatening South Asia’s shared rivers

Mehebub Sahana, University of Manchester and Bayes Ahmed, UCL

Bangladesh’s planned Padma Barrage may repeat mistakes made by India when it dammed the Ganges.

September 24, 2025

Mehebub Sahana, University of Manchester

Climate change and overuse are creating a crisis for south Asia’s most important river.

November 1, 2019

Frances Eleanor Dunn, Utrecht University and Stephen Darby, University of Southampton

Sea levels are rising, while deltas are being starved of sediment by upstream dams.

Mehebub Sahana
Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer in Environmental Management, University of Manchester
Frances Eleanor Dunn
Assistant professor, Utrecht University
Stephen Darby
Professor of Physical Geography, University of Southampton
Bayes Ahmed
Associate Professor in Risk and Disaster Science, UCL