HOUSTON — Houston is sinking, and it’s doing it faster than any other major city in the country, according to a new report released in Nature Cities this week. The study was done by ...

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The nation's biggest cities are sinking, according to data from a new study. And one of them is in Ohio. Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the most common cause of the sinking is "massive ...

The Mile High City is sinking by two millimeters a year, which could be a "slow-moving hazard" for critical infrastructure, warns a Virginia Tech University study published on Thursday ...

While some cities show slight uplift, it's negligible and doesn't negate the overall sinking trend. In every city studied, at least 20% of the urban area is sinking – and in 25 of 28 cities ...

DALLAS — Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking faster than any other inland U.S. cities, according to a new study published in Nature Cities. A group of researchers measured, using satellite ...

Houston is sinking faster than any other city in the U.S., according to a new study from the Columbia Climate School—and the problem may only be getting worse. This study, published in the ...

The land underneath the largest cities in the United States is sinking, a phenomenon threatening buildings, roads and rail lines, according to new research. But that sinking, known as subsidence ...

Many major U.S. cities are sinking, a new study shows, including Phoenix. Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the most common cause of the sinking is "massive ongoing groundwater extraction ...

While some cities show slight uplift, it's negligible and doesn't negate the overall sinking trend. In every city studied, at least 20% of the urban area is sinking – and in 25 of 28 cities ...

In Texas, parts of Houston are sinking at a rate faster than 10 millimeters—or about two-fifths of an inch—per year. Parts of Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking more than 5 millimeters per year.

A new study of the 28 most populous U.S. cities finds that all are sinking to one degree or another. The cities include not just those on the coasts, where relative sea level is a concern ...