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A new academic study found nearly half of Houston's land is subsiding at least 1/5 of an inch each year, outpacing the country's other large urban areas.
In every city studied, at least 20% of the urban area is sinking – and in 25 of 28 cities, at least 65% is sinking. The ...
A recent study shows most of the biggest cities in the country are sinking, and three Texas cities are doing so faster than ...
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Grist on MSNWhy are all of America’s biggest cities sinking?Cities sit unmoving on the landscape — a sprawling collection of roads, sidewalks, and buildings designed to last for ...
The new study looked at the 28 most populous cities in the U.S. and 25 of them are experiencing subsidence, or land sinking, each year.
The cities include not just those on the coasts, where sea level rise is a concern, but many in the interior. And one is in Ohio. Here's where.
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