Satellites capture drastic change on coast of Java

These two images, taken 28 years apart, show the incursion of the Java Sea onto the island. Villages such as Timbulsloko, once nestled between verdant fields, are now consistently surrounded by sea water.

These two images, taken 28 years apart, show the incursion of the Java Sea onto the island. Villages such as Timbulsloko, once nestled between verdant fields, are now consistently surrounded by sea water.