Changing Ocean Asia

Tectonic plates are dropping, vast water boreholes are extracting water from tablelands sitting under major cities in the region. Jakarta, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, and Shanghai may be the first cities to be flooded out in this climate crisis.

Climate change impacts oceans and generates greater storm intensity, creating a variety of risks for coastal infrastructure, including shipping ports across Asia that underpin global trade.

Diving 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.

An exploration into why southeast Asia will be among the hardest hit in the world from melting poles both north and south due to the earth's rotation and gravitational pull, explained using CGI.