Global efforts to reduce pollution will not be enough to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, scientists say. We ...

A view of the skyline in downtown Houston, Texas on April 8, 2025. Certain parts of Houston, Texas are sinking by as much as 10 millimeters per year, according to a new study. This new study used ...

A study published in Nature shows that many of the world's major river deltas are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The sinking of the USS Indianapolis in 1945 set the stage ...

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

The movement is slow — sinking on the scale of millimeters per year in the United States — but the effects accumulate over years. The land underneath the largest cities in the United States is sinking ...

We’ve taken water for granted, and because of this, our cities are sinking. The overuse of groundwater leads to the depletion of aquifers, the emptied earth leading to compaction. When we add weight ...

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. While ...

An alarming new report reveals that right across the country, 28 US cities are sinking, showing the kind of geologic subsidence that could impact buildings and infrastructure sooner rather than later.