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Engineering and land use intensified climate-driven Yangtze River flood hazards since the Little Ice Age

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceFloods are among the most devastating natural disasters, yet the long-term roles of climate and human activity in shaping river flood hazards remain unclear. This study reconstructs 500 y of Yangtze River flood variability using lake sediments,...

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