A recent study found that land subsidence—the ground sinking in elevation—is a growing hazard along the U.S. East Coast, and it’s one that puts millions of people at risk in some of the ...
Land is sinking underneath millions of peoples’ feet in China’s major cities due to human activities, putting the country’s coastal areas more at risk of flooding and rising sea levels, new ...
Across the world, many cities are slowly sinking. Most are on the coast, including tropical megacities like Jakarta in Indonesia or Manila in the Philippines, or places like New Orleans, Vancouver ...
NOAA National Weather Service forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center predict above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin during the 2024 hurricane season. That means coastal ...
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Nearly a quarter-billion Chinese live in major cities with moderate to severe subsidence that researchers say puts them at greater risk for flooding and other disasters in the coming decades.
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Faith Wakefield is a contributing writer for USA TODAY Homefront, based in Richmond, Virginia. She holds degrees in English and economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Airports, subway tunnels, and nuclear plants are at risk along the U.S. East Coast as the ground sinks and sea levels rise A recent study found that land subsidence—the ground sinking in ...