Sinking Jakarta Starts Building Giant Wall as Sea Rises

A man eats his lunch next to fishing boats docked behind a low sea wall in the Muara Baru area of North Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. Jakarta, a former Dutch trading port, is one of the world's megacities most at risk from rising sea levels. That's because parts of the metropolis of almost 30 million people are sinking by as much as 6 inches a year, more than 10 times faster than the sea is rising. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images
A man eats his lunch next to fishing boats docked behind a low sea wall in the Muara Baru area of North Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. Jakarta, a former Dutch trading port, is one of the world's megacities most at risk from rising sea levels. That's because parts of the metropolis of almost 30 million people are sinking by as much as 6 inches a year, more than 10 times faster than the sea is rising. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Sinking Jakarta Starts Building Giant Wall as Sea Rises
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