INDONESIA CHANGES ITS CAPITAL BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MISMANAGEMENT

The country of Indonesia has a new capital city. The old one was Jakarta; the new one is Nusantara, a city in a jungle-covered area on the east of Borneo island. Jakarta sits on swampy ground near the sea – making it especially prone to flooding – and is one of the fastest-sinking cities on Earth. That city has been dropping into the Java Sea at an alarming rate due to over-extraction of groundwater. It is also one of the world’s most overpopulated urban regions, home to more than 10 million people, with an estimated 30 million in the greater metropolitan area.
* Sayanora, suckers, you’re all on your own now!
* Expect a run on sailing life vests and pool floaties.
* Like they say, when the going gets tough, the tough get going to another part of the country.
* One the bright side, hey – free water park!
* Don’t change the world atlases yet, I’m sure there’ll be a few more of these environmental oopsies coming soon.
* ♫ Why did old Jakarta get the seizin’s? / That’s nobody’s business but the Indonesians. ♪♫