Among one of the most extraordinary claims of how fast the ocean is rising and claiming land, homes, and business on the water, the most fantastic is that the Pacific is rising 40 times faster in some ...

Our neighbour Indonesia has not been spared with its capital Jakarta now under threat of being submerged after it began sinking over the past few decades. Often, such a phenomenon is attributed to ...

SEA level rise is considered a creeping tragedy because its impact takes years or even decades to manifest. By the time ...

Researchers like Heri Andreas and Hiroshi Takagi doubt that the giant embankment is the ultimate solution to Jakarta's sinking threat. "Yes, in the short term, it’s non-negotiable that the embankment ...

JAKARTA--Jakarta is congested, polluted, prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea. Now the government is leaving, and moving the country’s capital to the island of Borneo.

Image by Irfan Maulana/Mongabay Indonesia. Overreliance on drilling wells into the aquifer for residential and commercial water means Jakarta is sinking by around 15 centimeters (6 inches ...

Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, is the world’s fastest sinking city. This is one of the reasons why President Joko Widodo vowed to build a new administrative capital on the once jungle-covered ...

The country's capital, Jakarta, has been sinking with 40% of the capital lying below sea level, per The New York Times. Because of this, the city has faced severe flooding, especially as climate ...

Amidst the alarming reality of rising global temperatures and sea levels, numerous coastal cities are grappling with the ominous prospect of sinking into the depths of the ocean. From Jakarta to ...

(RTTNews) - The Indonesia stock market has moved lower in two straight sessions, sinking almost 85 points or 1.3 percent along the way. The Jakarta Composite Index now sits just beneath the 6,550 ...