The study published in Science Advances has uncovered a quiet but alarming trend: America’s biggest cities are sinking. While land subsidence isn’t a new phenomenon, fresh satellite data shows it’s ...

Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way and threaten people and property. That’s what searchers in ...

New Orleans is not simply living beside water; it is slowly dropping deeper into it. The city’s pull has always come from its dense mix of music, food, memory, and ritual. That cultural force supports ...

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, May 8, in the ...

A report issued last week by the University of Miami certainly got our attention; no doubt we are not alone. It found 35 beachside towers along Miami-Dade’s barrier islands are sinking to an ...