What would happen to Jakarta if all the Arctic ice melted? The city, which is located on the coast of Java and is home to 10 million people, would be inundated by a 20-foot (6-meter) rise in sea levels, according to a new study.
That’s the conclusion of a team of researchers from the Netherlands and Indonesia who studied the potential effects of climate change on the capital city. They found that even a conservative estimate of a 1-meter (3.3-foot) …