Jakarta, home to over 11mn people, is literally sinking. It’s a city of dreams for many, yet whole communities are facing a nightmare, worsened by climate change, patchy urban planning and ...

Dozens of coastal regions around the world, including Jakarta, Lagos and Tianjin are sinking at an alarming rate.

Aldrian has warned that about 40 percent of Jakarta lies below sea level and the northern part of the city is sinking at a rate of 4.9cm (almost 2 inches) each year.

Jakarta is now sinking at a truly alarming rate—a rate that varies around the city but is up to 11 inches a year in the northern areas. About 40 percent of Jakarta is below sea level.

5. Jakarta, Indonesia. Jakarta, a metropolis city of Indonesia, completes the list of the fastest sinking cities in the world, assuming peak velocity at 26 mm per year. The rising sea levels have ...

Jakarta, the fastest-sinking city in the world, has finally taken action on its core land subsidence problem when groundwater free zones for highrise buildings will start to be established in ...

If rising oceans aren't worry enough, add this to the risks New York City faces: The metropolis is slowly sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, homes, asphalt and humanity itself.. New ...

Indonesia is reviving plans to construct a giant sea wall in the latest of measures to prevent its capital city of Jakarta from sinking at a faster rate. The project will require three phases of ...

New York City is sinking under the weight of all of its buildings, a new study found. It aims to show how high-rise buildings in coastal areas could contribute to future flood risk.

A viral tweet viewed nearly 9 million times claimed New York City is sinking under the weight of its buildings. New York City is sinking, on average, 1 to 2 millimeters per year, according to a ...

New research published this month says the New York City is sinking at an average rate of 1 to 2 millimeters a year.