ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 12月22日 13時58分

Jakarta is sinking faster than any other big city on the planet — faster, even, than #climatechange is causing the sea to rise. Rivers sometimes flow upstream, ordinary rains regularly swamp neighborhoods and buildings slowly disappear underground. The main cause: Jakartans are digging illegal wells, drip by drip draining the underground aquifers on which the city rests, like deflating a giant cushion underneath it. About 40% of #Jakarta now lies below sea level. Meanwhile, with climate change, the Java Sea is rising and weather is becoming more extreme. One local climate researcher fears that, over the coming century, temperatures may rise several degrees Fahrenheit, and the sea level as much as 3 feet in the region. But the city has only a decade to halt its sinking, hydrologists say. Our staff photographer @joshhaner took this photo outside a flooded Mosque in northern Jakarta. This area, with its millions of residents, could end up underwater, along with much of the nation’s economy. How did things get so bad? Visit the link in our profile to read the full story, by @michael_kimmelman.

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