Scientists have known for years that water levels are rising faster in the Chesapeake Bay region than just about anywhere ...

Houston, as the saying nearly goes, has a problem. The city is one of 25 American metropolises to be officially sinking, according to a new study using measurements from space. The issue of subsidence ...

Researchers have evaluated how sinking land could worsen the threat from sea level rise in coastal areas throughout the country. This map shows Wilmington, with high-tide flooding areas from 2020 in ...

The land under nearly half of China’s major cities is undergoing moderate to severe subsidence, affecting roughly one-third of the nation’s urban population, according to a systematic national-scale ...