In the News Prepare the Paddles: Human Activities Causing Cities to Sink Human activities are speeding the sinking of major coastal cities around the globe, contributing to more frequent, severe, and protracted flooding. Land subsidence can occur naturally, but human activities have accelerated the process in some parts of the globe, leading the land there to descend 10 times faster than sea levels are rising. Tokyo, for example, sank two meters as a result of decades of groundwater extraction. Venice suffered similar subsidence until groundwater extraction was halted there in recent years. Unless action is taken, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, and Bangkok, among other cities, will sink below sea level.
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 01:45:00 +0000
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