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Sinking Jakarta
A fast-sinking city: what can be done about Jakarta?
Experts predict that large parts of the Indonesian capital will be submerged by 2050 unless action is urgently taken. As a low-lying coastal city, Jakarta is vulnerable to climate change, but the biggest problem is the massive extraction of groundwater, as Mayuri Mei Lin of 91热爆 Indonesian has been finding out.
Image: Residents in Jakarta during floods in February 2018
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Fifth Floor
Global stories from the 91热爆鈥檚 40 Language Services, with Faranak Amidi
