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The ground beneath America’s busiest cities is slowly sinking, and with it, the buildings, roads, and bridges that support ...
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 ...
A new study published on Thursday in the journal Nature Cities mapped the scale of this slow-motion crisis across the country ...
New York, Dallas, and Seattle are seeing urban areas sink by 2 to 10 millimeters per year, according to the data. Researchers ...
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.
New York, Dallas, and Seattle are seeing urban areas sink by 2 to 10 millimeters per year, according to the data. Researchers ...