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 nation's biggest cities are sinking, according to data from a new study.

The new study looked at the 28 most populous cities in the U.S. and 25 of them are experiencing subsidence, or land sinking, ...

Massive ongoing groundwater extraction was found to be the ... used satellite data to map out vertical land movements in 28 of the most populous cities, those where populations exceed 600,000 ...

Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the most common cause of the sinking is "massive ongoing groundwater ... On the map, three cities — San Jose, Memphis, and Jacksonville — have ...

Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the most common cause of the sinking is "massive ongoing groundwater ... On the map, three cities (San Jose, California; Memphis, Tennessee; and ...

A new study reveals that uneven land subsidence could impact 29,000 buildings across the America's most populated metropolises.

Massive ongoing groundwater extraction is the most common ... the new study uses recent satellite data to map out vertical land movements down to the millimeter in grids measuring just 28 meters ...

Groundwater extraction is the primary ... A few cities on the study's map — San Jose, Memphis and Jacksonville — are depicted with green dots, which indicate uplift. "The uplift we detect ...