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

In Texas, the problem is exacerbated by pumping of oil and gas, the study says. On the map, why do some cities show uplift instead of sinking? On the map, three cities (San Jose, California ...

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team.

The XTX, announced late last summer, is currently a red line on a map—a route that cobbles ... terrain and the history of Texas settlements, and avoids big cities. It’s remote, and therefore ...

Looking at all U.S. cities with populations exceeding 600,000, the new study uses recent satellite data to map out vertical land ... Two other Texas cities, Fort Worth and Dallas, are not far ...

Heading into another hot Texas summer ... deficit for aquifers, rivers and reservoirs, which rely on precipitation to replace water being pumped out by the utilities, cities and companies that ...

A battle over plastic—a material so prolific the UN calls the 90 percent of it that ends up as trash a pollution crisis—is under way in Florida. Coral Gables, a small city of 51,000 people ...

An "unheard-of" storm has flooded parts of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas after dumping 14 inches of rain in some cities over seven ... told Newsweek, some rivers entering major flood ...

Nestled in the pine-curtained eastern edge of Texas sits Jefferson, a town that time politely decided to skip over – not out ...