Human footprint on estuarine tidal hydrodynamics
Antonius J. F. Hoitink
Nature Geoscience, Published online: 24 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-01969-4 Human activities such as dredging and land reclamation have pervasively altered the ways that tides propagate through large estuaries with negative ecological impacts, according to an analysis of recent and historical records.