webfact Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Bangkok could be completely underwater by 2050, new report claims Image: Climate Central Bangkok and other major cities in Southeast Asia could be all but wiped out by 2050, according to a new report. Researchers from Climate Central say that Bangkok could be completely submerged within 30 years. In the study published in British journal Nature Communications on Tuesday, researchers used a new digital elevation model based on artificial intelligence to examine data from 135 countries. The model indicates that by 2050, land now home to 300 million people will be underwater, while land occupied by 150 million people will be wiped out entirely. Most of these areas are in Asia, with 70% of the total number of people worldwide living on implicated land in China, Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Japan. According to the Climate Central website, Bangkok, as well as Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh are some of the cities most at risk, all of which are projected to fall below annual flood level by 2050. The tool on the Climate Central website gives a startling projection of how Bangkok, which routinely suffers from flooding, and the surrounding area will be submerged. According to the website, Samut Prakan on the coast to as far north as parts of Suphanburi will be underwater. This isn’t the first time the threat from rising sea levels on Bangkok has been highlighted. In 2015, a panel set up by the National Reform Council said that large parts of Thailand’s capital could be submerged by 2030. In its report presented to parliament the panel blamed rising sea levels and the fact that Bangkok is in a low lying flood prone region. The report added how the city is being developed was also a major factor. The reported noted how the proliferation of tall buildings and other large scale construction was causing land to subside at a much faster rate. The panel recommended a sea wall embankment be constructed from SriRacha to Hua Hin to help protect large parts of Thailand’s coastline from the rising sea levels. Via: New York Times -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-10-31 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarFlungFalang Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 That should solve the traffic congestion either that or it's a good time to invest in boat companies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 12 minutes ago, webfact said: In 2015, a panel set up by the National Reform Council said that large parts of Thailand’s capital could be submerged by 2030. It's in ten years so almost tomorrow .. Hurry up!............ to buy boats to circulate in the Venice of the East .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_called_Venice_of_the_East Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Maybe those submarines won't be such a bad idea after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Don't buy ground floor condos and take into account that you have to invest in a boat in the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 The Agriculture ministry estimates that prawn farming in Bangkok will generate 832 billion baht per year from 2035! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Not too hard to imagine canoeing down Nana Soi 4 and Soi Cowboy with the girls waving and dressed in their wellies and chest waders. Something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Wicket Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Imagine looking out of the window of your 3rd floor apartment and seeing a turd float by. #amazing Toyland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Wicket Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 And still the property prices continue to climb Obviously nobody believes this horsesh1t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Wicket Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 6 minutes ago, Cadbury said: Not too hard to imagine canoeing down Nana Soi 4 and Soi Cowboy with the girls waving and dressed in their wellies and chest waders. Something different. Sales in water beds will go through the roof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taichiplanet Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 finally Thailand will get the world's biggest water park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Pigs might fly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anythingleft? Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 I have a hard time believing all this scaremongering.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob12345 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 If only there could be an eco-tax of 10-40% and everything would end well. Cause thats what it is in the end, right? A way to get more money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 21 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said: Pigs might fly Matter of fact, I saw one this morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergan Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Pretty sure that tomorrow they'll spin this into Bangkok and the surrounding areas becoming the new Venice, making the baht even stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiSoLowSoNoSo Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 9 minutes ago, Bob12345 said: If only there could be an eco-tax of 10-40% and everything would end well. Cause thats what it is in the end, right? A way to get more money. That will be 40% for Farangs and 10% for the locals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moti24 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, webfact said: According to the website, Samut Prakan on the coast to as far north as parts of Suphanburi will be underwater. I used to renew my Non-B and do my 90 day reporting at Samut Prakan immigration, right alongside the river. The car-park was constantly flooding, and a water pump was in operation 24/7; that was at least 10 years ago. 1 hour ago, webfact said: Researchers from Climate Central say that Bangkok could be completely submerged within 30 years. I don't think it'll be that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennb6 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 555, and the iceage was coming in the late 70s, and globullsh*t warming was going to kill us all in the 90s, and climate change is going to kill us all in 10 yrs, bla bla bla. any new outlet worth it's editor's salary should at this point be questioning every detail and validity of the stories it runs lest it gets laughed out of existence for falling for this <deleted>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeybik Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Last "report" it was 2025 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Look on the bright side, they will not have to unclog all the drains of cooking fat any more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, webfact said: Researchers from Climate Central say that Bangkok could be completely submerged within 30 Even catching the train from the airport would prove to be a pain in the a*se in yrs to come .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinnock Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 But I thought the new tax on motorcycles had solved global warming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myran Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Right, except the world would've been flooded 50 times over by now if the modern day climate alarmists were to be believed. Their doomsday deadlines seem to be perpetually 10 or 20 years in the future, year after year. At the end of the day, their projections and models seem to be as accurate as Nostradamus'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racket Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 You would think they would do anything about it.. Thais response.: "we cannot sawiimmm, leo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Immigration have just announced that applicants for Non-OA visas must now have a 50-metre swimming certificate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancerian Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 So the UN wants money from Thailand as well? What a liad of <deleted> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 The more things change... ... the more they'll stay the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunbillmex Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Related story on Huffington Post today: Rising Sea Levels To Affect 3 Times More People Than Once Feared: Study - not sure if I can post URLs but here goes: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rising-sea-levels-study_n_5db97aeee4b066da5529d3af Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquis22 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 So the ones who do not drown move north and die of smoke inhalation. I did want to live to 100 but not so sure now .... ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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