Land Subsidence Leads To Sinking Cities In Northern Java Coastal

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Land Subsidence Leads To Sinking Cities In Northern Java Coastal

A woman sitting in front of her house which partly buried by sand due to tidal waves in Simonet village, northern coast of Pekalongan city, Central Java province, on June 4, 2021. Base on data from the geological Agency from the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource, Pekalongan city is experiencing a land subsidence of 6 centimeters per year, which caused by the global climate change, and massive use of groundwater by housholds, farming, industry, which if not immediately mitigated, than the city is predicted to sink in 2036. (Photo by Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto)


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