Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater. (The New York Times, 12/21/2017)
In fact, Jakarta is sinking faster than any other big city on the planet, faster, even, than climate change is causing the sea to rise — so surreally fast that rivers sometimes flow upstream, ordinary rains regularly swamp neighborhoods and buildings slowly disappear underground, swallowed by the earth. The main cause: Jakartans are digging illegal wells, drip by drip draining the underground aquifers on which the city rests — like deflating a giant cushion underneath it. About 40 percent of Jakarta now lies below sea level.
Source: Wikipedia
Previous climate change as a matter of fact posts:
U.S. Department of Defense. (12/16/2017)
Shrinking sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. (12/14/2017)
Emaciated polar bear. (12/9/2017)
California fires. (12/8/2017)
Wisconsin. (11/16/2017)
Hampton Roads, Virginia. (11/4/2017)
U.S. military bases. (9/22/2017)
Georgia peach orchards. (9/18/2017)
Northeast U.S. pine forests. (8/29/2017)
Tangier Island, Virginia. (8/25/2017)
South of the Arctic Circle in Alaska. (8/25/2017)
New Orleans. (8/12/2017)
Kenya. (7/23/2017)
Portugal. (6/19/2017)
The Netherlands. (6/19/2017)
Brazil. (6/8/2017)
Global Seed Vault on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. (5/20/2017)
Madeline Island, Wisconsin. (2/23/2017)
Mexico City. (2/19/2017)
Kansas. (1/29/2017)
Moose of Maine. (1/21/2017)
Florida Keys. (1/14/2017)
California wine country. (1/11/2017)
Kaktovik, Alaska. (12/20/2016)
Bolivia. (7/11/2016)
Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park. (7/7/2016)
Kiribati. (7/6/2016)
Peru, (5/21/2016)
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