Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nation's biggest cities are sinking, according to data from a new study. Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the most ...

The findings point to heightening near-term flood risk for more than 236 million people, but river delta flooding is an issue of global food security as well. “Billions of people rely on the food that ...

(NEXSTAR) — Those living along the coasts in the U.S. — Atlantic, Pacific, and the Gulf — are no strangers to flooding. Scientists have long been predicting flooding will only become more common for ...

Cities along the Gulf Coast are bracing for 10 to 12 inches of sea level rise by 2050, and data from a study in the journal Nature last week showed those risks will be exacerbated as urban areas sink ...

Parts of Tehama County, including around Red Bluff, Corning and Antelope, are sinking, officials have discovered, prompting an emergency meeting to decide next steps to intervene. In a statement ...

Big parts of New York City are sinking at different rates. This was first reported in 2023, when researchers theorized that the weight of skyscrapers may have a role to play. Now, a series of studies ...

A spatial map of vertical land motion of the East Coast (left panel); primary, secondary, and interstate roads on Hampton Roads, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach, Va., (top right panel); and John F.

A new assessment study identifies areas in Mexico City’s metro system affected by land subsidence, providing a roadmap for mitigating damage, prioritizing repairs, and informing future designs for the ...

Global water resources are stretched by climate change and human population growth, and farms and cities are increasingly turning to groundwater to fill their needs. Unfortunately, the pumping of ...

Many people in the San Joaquin Valley have seen the ominous photo: It depicts a person standing next to a telephone pole that bears a series of signs labeled with years. Way at the top of the pole is ...

The nation's biggest cities are sinking, according to data from a new study. Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the most common cause of the sinking is "massive ongoing groundwater extraction, ...