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 ...

New satellite maps reveal that major U.S. cities are slowly sinking, exposing hidden risks to infrastructure and urban life.

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new NASA-led study has revealed a hidden but growing threat to millions of Americans living in coastal cities. Land in several urban areas is sinking at rates faster than sea level rise, compounding ...

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.

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 ...

(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 ...

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, ...

Subsidence, often called an "invisible threat," can damage infrastructure and increase flood risks. While some cities show slight uplift, it's negligible and doesn't negate the overall sinking trend.