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The 28 most populous cities in the United States are all at least partly sinking. That’s according to a new study from the ...
Harris County commissioners adopted the framework surrounding a countywide policy that includes directing county staff to ...
The water that caused major flooding along Grant Road in Cypress has receded, but it's still unclear what happened.
New data shows land is sinking in all major U.S. cities, with Houston hit hardest, and climate change and urban growth could ...
A new study reveals that all of America’s largest cities are sinking, posing growing risks to buildings, roads, and residents.
A new study published in Nature Cities highlights how Indianapolis and 27 major urban cities in the US are sinking by 2 to 10 ...
The study finds that some cities are sinking at different rates in different spots, or sinking in some places and rising in ...
In every city studied, at least 20% of the urban area is sinking – and in 25 of 28 cities, at least 65% is sinking. The ...
Groundbreaking research from Columbia University reveals that land beneath America’s largest cities is sinking—mostly due to groundwater extraction—posing a hidden but growing threat to infrastructure ...
Satellite data revealed that Houston is the fastest-sinking city in the U.S., and that all of the other biggest cities are ...
The cities include not just those on the coasts, where sea level rise is a concern, but many in the interior. And one is in Ohio. Here's where.
The nation's fastest-sinking city is Houston ... areas, will likely worsen subsidence in the future. "As opposed to just ...