8/18/2019 High Temperature Can Cause the Sea

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High temperature can cause the sea-level rise that will also cause the flooding of more rice

and fish farms, thus affecting farmers’ food production. The mean sea level in the Jakarta Bay

will increase as high as 0.5 centimeters !cm" per year. This coupled with the land surfacedecline as high as 0.# cm per year, as o$served in the Jakarta Bay, can have a tremendous impact

on ur$an productivity and infrastructure !%riam$odo &005". 'lso, in rural districts such as

(rawang and )u$ang, a *5+ reduction in local rice supply !down 00,000 tons". n the samedistricts, maie output would $e reduced $y /0,000 tons, a$out half of this due to inundation.1997 El Nino droughts afected approximately 426,000 hectares o rice in !ndonesia"#limate change is predicted to result in 2$ to %$ more rainall per year in!ndonesia" &he increased rainall is expected to continue and,due to climate change, result in a shorter rainy season 'e(er num)er o rainy days in ayear*, (ith signi+cant increase in the ris o -ooding"