Spanning roughly 700sq km, Jakarta is sited on a delta, and it is reported that some 40% of the city is already under sea level. Much of the sinking is taking place along the northern coastline of ...

Nusantara is meant to be ready to house Indonesia's government by October. But building a city in the Borneo jungle is ...

Jakarta itself is home to about 10 million people and three times that number in the greater metropolitan area. It has been described as the world’s most rapidly sinking city, and at the current ...

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 ...

he lamented. According to the Global Risk Report in 2022, Jakarta has earned the unfortunate distinction of being the "Most Vulnerable City" among 576 major cities globally. This label is a result of ...

These massive cities are sinking into the ocean as climate change fuels rising sea levels all around the world.

Jakarta is sinking at an alarming rate ... Lagos, Africa's largest city faces the threat of coastal erosion and flooding due to rising seas exacerbated by global warming, posing significant ...

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 ...