JAKARTA: Jakarta faces an escalating threat from land subsidence, which experts warn could leave parts of the city underwater ...

Governor Pramono Anung said the giant sea wall construction could potentially address two primary issues faced Jakarta.

JAKARTA – The Jakarta administration is set to begin the development of the so-called giant sea wall along the city’s ...

A hidden force is causing highly populated river deltas to sink. In many cases, the subsidence is happening faster than the sea is rising ...

(Bloomberg) -- Indonesia will limit ground water use to conserve water supply and halt land subsidence that already plagues its capital Jakarta. The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry will require ...

Jakarta floods as heavy rain persists. Governor Pramono Anung promotes reservoirs and pumps, while urban experts question the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By using radar images of the Earth’s surface collected from orbiting satellites, we measured subsidence rates in 99 coastal cities ...

Already threatened by sea level rise, New York City is sinking between 1 and 4 millimeters per year due to a combination of glacial rebound and the weight of its more than one million buildings. (Rene ...

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