[Levin]

Fri, 23 September 2022 at 4:05 pm


Sprawling coastal cities in South and Southeast Asia are sinking faster than elsewhere in the world

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Vietnam's most-populous urban centre and main business hub, Ho Chi Minh City, was sinking an average of 16.2 millimetres (0.6 inches) annually, topping the study's survey of satellite data from 48 large coastal cities around the world.

The southern Bangladeshi port of Chittagong was second on the list, with the western Indian city Ahmedabad, Indonesian capital Jakarta and Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon also sinking more than 20 millimetres in peak years.


https://sg.news.yahoo.com/asian-coastal-...14306.html

[Huliwang]

How come Asian coastal cities sinking fastest and those in Europe and US not sinking so fast? .....

[Gstalk]

How come Asian coastal cities sinking fastest and those in Europe and US not sinking so fast? .....

Because they are situated opposite of the earth. One side sinks, the opposite  side of the earth protrude out.

[Tangsen]

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