Expert : Bangkok should be under water in 20 years

Bangkok should be under water in two decades because of rising seas from global warming and subsidence, a respected climate expert has warned.
"If nothing is done, Bangkok will be at least 50 centimeters to one meter under water," announce Smith Dharmasaroja, head of Thailand's National Disaster Warning Center.
Smith's findings show Bangkok subsiding at a rate of 10 cm per year, partly due to excessive pumping of underground water. furthermore global warming is causing seas to rise, causing coastal erosion downstream from the city.
The National Disaster Warning Center think that Bangkok needs to construct a long dyke to protect it from rising seas and increasingly violent storms.