Forget global warming: Groundwater extraction is causing cities to SINK beneath sea level

Scientists at Deltares Research Institute in Utrecht studied subsidence in five coastal ‘megacities’: Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, New Orleans, Dhaka and Bangkok, which they said will sink significantly unless action is taken.

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