Name: Sinking Cities
Uploaded: 2022-01-12 00:00:00
Duration: 24 min 31 s
Description: In this episode, travel with scientists from the Earth Observatory of Singapore across the region to understand what is causing cities to sink, how they are being monitored, and why building resilience into communities is critical to their long-term survival.

Across south-east Asia there are mega cities sinking fast. The race is on to predict how fast cities will sink.

In this episode, travel with scientists from the Earth Observatory of Singapore across the region to understand what is causing cities to sink, how they are being monitored, and why building resilience into communities is critical to their long-term survival.

Sinking Cities

For scientists at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, it is a race against time to understand the effects climate change will have on coastal infrastructures in the region, ports, and trade. Just how prepared are we, for extreme weather events in the future?

Extreme Weather. Powerful Tsunamis.

Dive with scientists from the Earth Observatory of Singapore as they investigate the impact climate change is having on the ocean, explore engineering ideas for artificial reefs, and discover a coral species showing resilience to climate change.

Urban Oceans. Super Corals.

South-east Asia is a unique part of the world, featuring low-lying countries, pristine islands, and vast coastal habitats. 600 million people across the region live in low elevation coastal zones, all vulnerable to sea-level rise, flooding, and extreme weather events like Tsunamis and Typhoons.