Groundwater loss is sinking U.S. cities, threatening infrastructure in densely built areas. A recent study examining the 28 ...

Dozens of coastal regions around the world, including Jakarta, Lagos and Tianjin are sinking at an alarming rate.

Indianapolis, like many other US cities, is continuously sinking. Some researchers fear it might impact drainage, flood ...

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

The new study looked at the 28 most populous cities in the U.S. and 25 of them are experiencing subsidence, or land sinking, ...

Seas are forecast to rise from 8- to 23-inches along U.S. coasts by 2050, with the higher increases along the northern Gulf Coast and mid-Atlantic.

Largely due to groundwater pumping and shifting of land after the last ice age, major urban areas are subsiding, which could destabilize buildings or worsen flooding ...