Wat Khun Samut Chin, located in Samut Prakan and built during the era of King Rama V (1868 – 1910), once had 76 rai of land surrounding its temple, but soil erosion and rising sea levels have shrunk its temple grounds to five rai of usable land, while Dr Sonthi Kotchawat, who studies climate change, says that Bangkok could be entirely submerged by flooding by 2050 because of the effects of global warming and coastal erosion.
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Wat Khun Samut Chin, located in Samut Prakan and built during the era of King Rama V (1868 – 1910), once had 76 rai of land surrounding its temple, but soil erosion and rising sea levels have shrunk its temple grounds to five rai of usable land, while Dr Sonthi Kotchawat, who studies climate change, says that Bangkok could be entirely submerged by flooding by 2050 because of the effects of global warming and coastal erosion. What do you think?
What do you think?
Nattapol Sriwongsa
Veerasak Jantarapornchai
Kanyarat Thepsuwan
Asphalt Kingpin
Cord Splicer
Siamese Crocodile Agitator
“The government is way ahead of you fearmongers. The Prime Minister just approved a ฿900 million statue of Phra Mae Thorani bailing out Bangkok with her hair.”
“Can’t come soon enough, if you ask me. I have a lot of bodies to keep hidden south of Lat Luang.”
“Let’s be honest. If the Chao Phraya swallows everything, that’s just karma for the waterfront cafés charging 160 baht for iced lime soda.”
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