CITIES SINKING OR SEA LEVELS RISING? : JAKARTA BEING EFFECTED THE MOST

If you click on the label Sunken Cities, you can read past posts about some of the cities that sunk long ago.  Today's cities are both sinking because the weight of building is compressing soil and being flooded because the sea levels are rising! 

DAILY MAIL SCIENCE : STUDY DETECTS WHICH CITIES WILL SINK

Excerpt: Between rising seas and sinking land, heavily urbanised areas of coast experience a relative sea level increase of about 6mm per year on average.

That is three times more than the global average for relative sea level rise, which stands at 2.1mm per year.

Likewise, land subsidence roughly doubles the absolute sea–level rise of 3.15mm per year, which measures the actual increase in volume and height of the ocean.

Lead researcher Dr Julius Oelsmann, of Technical University of Munich, says that this can 'significantly amplify the effects of climate–driven sea–level rise'.

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 Check out that map.  Is your city on it?

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Excerpt: Countries where relative sea levels are rising the fastest include Thailand, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Egypt, China, and Indonesia, where the ocean is getting seven to 10 millimetres higher each year.

The US, the Netherlands, and Italy also experience exceptionally rapid increases, with relative sea levels rising by around four to 5mm per year.