The study found Detroit has sunk by approximately 10.2 millimeters, or about 0.4 inches, from 2015-2021, based on an average land subsidence rate of 1.7 millimeters per year, said Leonard Ohenhen, the ...

Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Nation examined how a lack of federal funding and climate change severely impact ...

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

A flood in 2022 signaled how bad things can get in an urban neighborhood staring down even more sea level rise in the decades ...

If you live in a major American city, the ground might be sinking beneath you. Ground beneath major U.S. cities —including New York, Dallas and Seattle —is slowly but steadily sinking, with more than ...

Washington reversed a trend of rising fatalities on state roadways that began in 2019, but the state is far from its "Total ...

The study found that New York, Dallas, Chicago, Seattle, Denver and others are sinking at rates around ... long-term monitoring systems to detect issues before they become critical.

And, as western Alaska has become wetter and warmer, once-frozen ground is sinking. Permafrost—the ... and it has a lot to do with the health issues we’ve seen with housing,” said Ryan ...

Detroit is sinking. No, really ... (2.32 millimeters per year); Columbus (1.93 millimeters per year); and Seattle (1.85 millimeters per year). Researchers concluded that groundwater extraction ...