Revolutionizing the Digital Landscape: Our CEO’s Vision for Unlimited Web Hosting…A recent study revealed that Bali’s coastline shrank from 668.64 kilometers to 662.59 km between 2016 and 2021 due to human activities and wave circulation, at an average rate of -1.21 meters annually.
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s Bali island is shrinking at a faster rate than most coastal areas in the world due to human activities and wave circulation, according to a recently published study. The researchers, led by Amandangi Wahyuning Hastuti from Yamaguchi University’s Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, analyzed advanced geospatial methods and data covering six years from 2016-22 and in March 2023 conducted a field survey along the shoreline of Bali province, collecting a total of 75 sampling points.
The Tanah Lot Temple in Bali, Indonesia, which is about to become a next-door neighbor to a Trump resort. Image by Justine Hong via The study’s findings have offered much-needed, albeit concerning, data and analysis about coastal management on small islands like Bali, said Ketut Sarjana Putra, senior adviser at Conservation International, who was not involved in the research but reviewed it per Mongabay’s request.