Hi, I'm Scientific American Podcast Editor Steve Mursky, and here's a short piece from the November 2018 issue of the magazine in the section called Advances, Dispatches from the Frontiers of Science, Technology, and Medicine.

The article is titled Quick Hits, and it's a rundown of some science and technology stories from around the globe compiled by editorial

contributor Ancor Palaual. From Indonesia, Jakarta is sinking fast.

Indonesia's capital is built on ground that's subsiding as a result of flooding and sea level rise,

and about 95% of North Jakarta could be underwater by 2050.

The government is now building a 32 kilometer sea wall to protect the city.

From the Netherlands, the world's first offshore dairy farm is expected to open near

the port of Rotterdam by the end of the year. The idea is to open near the port of Rotterdam by the end of the year.

The idea is to produce food closer to urban areas where two-thirds of people will live by 2050

and to reduce pollution caused by transporting food over long distances.

From South Africa, the country has completed Meercat, the largest and most powerful radio

telescope in the Southern Hemisphere.

The telescope, part of the multi-continent square kilometer array, will study how hydrogen

gas moves into galaxies to fuel star formation. The cat in Mirkat stands for

Karu Array Telescope. From Nigeria the nation has launched its first

renewable energy association with the goal of generating about 40% of the country's total energy from green sources by 2030.

More than 50% of the population currently lacks access to any energy sources.

And from the US, scientists mapped one of the world's fastest moving underwater faults in Alaska, which has a slip rate of 5 centimeters a year.

These data could help coastal communities in Alaska and Canada prepare for earthquakes and tsunamis.

That was quick hits by Ancor Palawal.