{"id":120686,"date":"2018-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/by-2030-bangkok-risks-sinking-and-being-submerged-by-water\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:43:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:43:41","slug":"by-2030-bangkok-risks-sinking-and-being-submerged-by-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/by-2030-bangkok-risks-sinking-and-being-submerged-by-water\/","title":{"rendered":"By 2030, Bangkok Risks Sinking and Being Submerged by Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Thailand&#8217;s capital, Bangkok, is affected by rising sea levels, coastal erosion, and rapid urbanization, risking sinking and potentially becoming partially submerged by 2030.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Built on marshlands just 1.5 m above sea level, with over 10 million inhabitants, Bangkok is currently sinking by 1-2 cm per year and risks being affected by very significant flooding in the near future, revealed Tara Buakamsri, director of the Thai branch of Greenpeace.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Why is Bangkok sinking?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bangkok is sinking due to its location on marshy soil, rapid urbanization, and rising sea levels caused by climate change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How fast is Bangkok sinking?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The city is currently sinking at a rate of 1 to 2 centimeters per year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the predicted impact by 2030?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Experts warn that parts of Bangkok could be underwater by 2030 if significant mitigation measures are not taken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand&#8217;s capital, Bangkok, is affected by rising sea levels, coastal erosion, and rapid urbanization, risking sinking and potentially becoming partially submerged by 2030.&nbsp; Built on marshlands just 1.5 m above sea level, with over 10 million inhabitants, Bangkok is currently sinking by 1-2 cm per year and risks being affected by very significant flooding in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-120686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120686"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=120686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}