The study is the first of its kind, according to its lead author Leonard ... In Texas, the problem is exacerbated by the pumping of oil and gas, the study says. A few cities on the study's map ...

Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the most common cause of the sinking is "massive ongoing groundwater extraction," say the study authors, though other forces are at work in some places. The ...

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Largely due to groundwater pumping and shifting of land after the last ice age, major urban areas are subsiding, which could destabilize buildings or worsen flooding ...

The new study looked at the 28 most populous cities in the U.S. and 25 of them are experiencing subsidence, or land sinking, ...

"Even slight downward shifts in land can significantly compromise the structural integrity of buildings, roads, bridges, and railways over time." ...

The movement is slow — sinking on the scale of millimeters per year in the United States — but the effects accumulate over ...

Boston is sinking, according to a new study, and it's not just because of sea level rise. Here's what to know.

A recent satellite survey reveals that several major US cities are sinking. Cities like New York, Chicago, and Houston are experiencing land subsidenc ...

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Some of the biggest U.S. cities are sinking, and New York City is among them. The study, lead by Columbia Climate School postdoctoral researcher Leonard Ohenhen, found the most common ...

"As opposed to just saying it's a problem, we can respond, address, mitigate, adapt," study lead author Leonard Ohenhen ... Space Agency's Sentinel-1 satellites to create high-resolution maps of ...