How does an entire city survive and thrive on water for over 1500 years without sinking into the sea? Venice, one of the world’s most iconic cities, holds the secrets of extraordinary engineering that ...

The land underneath the largest cities in the United States is sinking, a phenomenon threatening buildings, roads and rail lines, according to new research. But that sinking, known as subsidence ...

New York, Dallas, Seattle and 25 other major U.S. cities are sinking, threatening the structural integrity of buildings, roads, dams and other forms of infrastructure, new research found.

New York, Dallas and Seattle are among American cities that are SINKING, reveals new research. An analysis of 28 urban areas in the United States revealed that all of them are falling in altitude ...

Massive ongoing groundwater extraction was found to be the most common cause of the sinking, which may push infrastructure "past their safety limit," researchers warn in a study published in the ...

According to a study from researchers at Virginia Tech University, Texas cities, including Dallas, will be among the first to submerge, as we are sinking more than four millimeters each year ...

A new study reveals that one major U.S. city is sinking faster than any other—and it’s not in the Sunshine State. Researchers from the Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth ...

Houston is sinking faster than any other city in the U.S., according to a new study from the Columbia Climate School—and the problem may only be getting worse. This study, published in the ...

For the world’s most prestigious architecture exhibition ... in a dark twist, has slowly been sinking into the ground because of instability caused by a nearby mine. “My family home is ...

HOUSTON — Houston is sinking, and it’s doing it faster than any other major city in the country, according to a new report released in Nature Cities this week. The study was done by ...