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Hamburg - German scientists warn that fertile parts of Vietnam's coastline would be washed away over the next few decades.
But sediment from the Mekong River might create some new land further to the west, according to the EarthTimes online science news source.
Since 2003, staff at the University of Kiel in Germany and other German and Vietnamese scientists have been studying what is happening to silt washed through the Mekong Delta and the Saigon River.
Professor Karl Stattegger of the university's Geoscience Institute said the delta was now carrying the sediment further to the west. Rising sea levels and stronger wave action were washing it out into the Gulf of Thailand.
"We expect new land to form west of the delta near the border between Vietnam and Cambodia," he said.
Fellow scientist Klaus Schwarzer said mangrove trees, which form forests in salt-water mud, could protect the delta coast, but were themselves being eroded by motorized shipping in the many arms of the delta.
But sediment from the Mekong River might create some new land further to the west, according to the EarthTimes online science news source.
Since 2003, staff at the University of Kiel in Germany and other German and Vietnamese scientists have been studying what is happening to silt washed through the Mekong Delta and the Saigon River.
Professor Karl Stattegger of the university's Geoscience Institute said the delta was now carrying the sediment further to the west. Rising sea levels and stronger wave action were washing it out into the Gulf of Thailand.
"We expect new land to form west of the delta near the border between Vietnam and Cambodia," he said.
Fellow scientist Klaus Schwarzer said mangrove trees, which form forests in salt-water mud, could protect the delta coast, but were themselves being eroded by motorized shipping in the many arms of the delta.
9 comments:
Well, the only land I know created by the Mekong river to the west of Vietnam will be Cambodia.
I do not understand, is the east or the west ? because the mouth of the Mekong river is the south-east of Kampuchea Krom and how it could be in the west ????
do not rely on KI news
Two fools above bring out the map and try to draw the line and read the acticle again if you still stupid read 11:56 Commend!
God have eyes, If he not want to clean Vietname with shotnami since alot of Khmere Krome still there!
They better preserve the grave of Ho Chi Minh because in a few year the will be no grave left for their annual pilgrimage.
Just trying to help the Vietminh.
natural land form takes millions of years to form. as for the mekong delta area, even if it is silt up, try living or building on it, they will sink to underneath the ground as it all just mud at the bottom of the tank or basin. volcano deposit is a better way to form land, not by silting in the delta as that's all just soft mud. look at bangcock, it is sinking annual, same with prey nokor, it is sinking, believe it or not.
3:36AM GO TO KAMPONG SOM AND SEE HOW SOK ANN AND HUN XEN CLAIM LAND FROM THE SEA?
And would those parasites will shit in the sea too ? After destroy the forest they polute the sea too! What left for future generation in next 5 years?
ah prokach youn khmer nah niss 4;08am. stop shitting from ur mouth, k? go and clean yr stinky mouth before someone may think yr mouth is a toilet.
German scientists forecast loss of Vietnam coastline
10-JUL-2008 Intellasia | The Earth Times
Jul 10, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM
German scientists forecast Tuesday that fertile parts of Vietnam's coastline would be washed away over the next few decades, but added that sediment from the Mekong river might create some new land further to the west. The staff of the University of Kiel in Germany and other German and Vietnamese scientists have for the past five years been studying what is happening to silt washed through the Mekong Delta and the Saigon River.
Professor Karl Stattegger of the university's Geoscience Institute said the delta was now carrying the sediment further to the west. Rising sea levels and stronger wave action were washing it out into the Gulf of Thailand.
"We expect new land to form west of the delta near the border between Vietnam and Cambodia," he said.
Fellow scientist Klaus Schwarzer said mangrove trees, which form forests in salt-water mud, could protect the delta coast, but were themselves being eroded away by motorised shipping in the many arms of the delta.
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