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

Groundwater loss is sinking U.S. cities, threatening infrastructure in densely built areas. A recent study examining the 28 most populous cities in the United States has found that every one of them ...

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If one side is sinking and the other doesn’t, this will weaken the building and put people in danger. Less than one percent ...

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Houston is sinking at the fastest rate ... Some areas of Detroit already have flooding issues. LO: Both risks are significant and interconnected, but it is city dependent. Land subsidence can ...

The city with the greatest subsidence was Houston, falling at a ... However, it's likely that the ground sinking played a role in other infrastructure issues. And with climate change worsening ...

It was published May 8 in Nature Cities, a monthly, online journal that features research and opinion about cities and urban issues ... at least 65% is sinking. It said Houston is the fastest ...

"Land subsidence is a global problem now," says Dr. Shuhab Khan, an Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Professor at the University of Houston. He says 200 major cities around the world are sinking ...

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 ...

This slow-going subsidence is measured in just a handful of millimeters per year, but rising sea levels due to climate change ...