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Massacure

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2. "...which dates back to the 1980s, when sea levels were much lower."

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:05 PM

Apr 2020

Sea levels were about 4 inches lower in the 1980s than now. That's not so much the issue as the fact that that Jakarta was 15 to 240 inches (1.25 to 20 feet) higher .

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40% Of Jakarta Below Sea Level; Pumping Draining Aquifer, Making It Fastest-Sinking City On Earth [View all] hatrack Apr 2020 OP

Jesus! It's getting so bad, and still so many leaders fiddle. GreenPartyVoter Apr 2020 #1

"...which dates back to the 1980s, when sea levels were much lower." Massacure Apr 2020 #2