According to an International survey the following cities are at risk of sinking in the near future : Dhaka Mumbai Kolkata Shanghai Tianjin Bangkok New York Los Angeles Boston Houston South Louisiana Venice Mexico city Karachi Cairo Lagos Tokyo Osaka-Kobe Jakarta Rio de Janeiro Experts say these waters, aided by sinking land, threaten to submerge Thailand’s sprawling capital of more than 10 million people within this century. Bangkok is one of 13 of the world’s largest 20 cities at risk of being swamped as sea levels rise in coming decades, according to warnings at the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change held here. “This is what the future will look like in many places around the world,” says Lisa Schipper, an American researcher on global warming, while visiting the temple. “Here is a living study in environmental change.” More than one-tenth of the world’s population, or 643 million people, live in low-lying coastal areas at risk from climate change, say U.S. and European experts. Most imperiled, in descending order, are China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan, Egypt, the U.S., Thailand and the Philippines. “If the heart of Thailand is under water everything will stop,” says Smith Dharmasaroja, chair of the government’s Committee of National Disaster Warning Administration. “We don’t have time to move our capital in the next 15-20 years. We have to protect our heart now, and it’s almost too late.”
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 05:42:41 +0000
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