The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world.

JAKARTA--Jakarta is congested, polluted, prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea. Now the government is leaving, and moving the country’s capital to the island of Borneo.

is moving its capital 800 miles from Jakarta to Nusantara in large part because Jakarta is sinking at an alarming rate due to groundwater extraction. Other regions are not immune. Our research ...

Researchers like Heri Andreas and Hiroshi Takagi doubt that the giant embankment is the ultimate solution to Jakarta's sinking threat. "Yes, in the short term, it’s non-negotiable that the embankment ...

The Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) said that the government’s plan to stop issuing new groundwater extraction permits to businessmen in the Greater Jakarta ...

The water comes today, but Parina, her family, and her business are on the point of a precarious spiral for this city of some 10.5 million people: Jakarta is sinking, many neighborhoods are below sea ...

Indonesia is considering building a huge seawall to prevent its largest city Jakarta from sinking into the ocean. The country is the world’s largest archipelago consisting of over 17,000 islands ...

Amidst the alarming reality of rising global temperatures and sea levels, numerous coastal cities are grappling with the ominous prospect of sinking into the depths of the ocean. From Jakarta to ...

Indonesia plans to move its capital city away from congested and sinking Jakarta, to Nusantara, a $32-billion city under construction in the jungles of East Kalimantan on Borneo. The city is a ...

The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. If this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be entirely ...