Dozens of coastal regions around the world, including Jakarta, Lagos and Tianjin are sinking at an alarming rate.

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Dozens of the busiest cities in the US are sinking into the ground. A bunch of them are subsiding by a few millimeters every ...

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A single earthquake could cause the Pacific Northwest’s coastline to drop by as much as 6.5 feet in minutes permanently ...

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Twenty-eight major U.S. cities are sinking due to groundwater extraction — a phenomenon that could affect 34 million people. A team of researchers from Virginia Tech used satellite radar to map ...

Florida's largest cities are facing rising sea levels along the Gulf and the East Coast, according to new data.

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 ...

(WFXR) – According to new research from Virginia Tech, urban areas of several major ... resolution maps showing the sinking areas using satellite-based radar measurements. These cities are ...

(WFXR) – The Circle City is one of several major cities across the country that are slowly sinking, according to new research from Virginia Tech ... high-resolution maps showing the sinking ...