Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

From the Nile to the Mississippi, sinking land is compounding sea-level rise. A new study pinpoints where deltas are dropping ...

When over-pumping of groundwater causes land in the San Joaquin Valley to sink, it tends to take home values with it, according to new research out of the University of California, Riverside. The ...

JAKARTA: Jakarta faces an escalating threat from land subsidence, which experts warn could leave parts of the city underwater ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Greenland experienced post-glacial rebound where the island uplifted several inches out of the ocean after a massive glacier fell from its land and into the ocean. UH found that ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: In Arizona’s Willcox Basin, just over an hour east of Tucson, fissures are tearing through the earth, wells are running dry, and strange areas are flooding when it rains. The ...

Auckland - like most major NZ cities - sits on the coast. A combination of of sea level rise and land subsidence is putting urban areas at increased risk of flooding No coastal city is immune to the ...