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.

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 ...