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Rising sea levels could affect one-fifth of Ho Chi Minh City by 2100
2014-06-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
VietNamNet: Twenty percent of the HCM Citys area could be covered with water by the end of the 21st century, when sea levels are expected to rise by one meter. And by 2050, nearly 10 percent of the city could be underwater. Dr. Le Huy Ba, Head of the Institute for Science, Technology and the Environment Management, noted that climate change was abnormal this year because the city faced three big problems, high tides, prolonged heat and more rainfall. The maximum and minimum temperatures have fluctuated...
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