A vast Asian delta is quietly sinking beneath millions of people, scientists warn, and the danger is not just rising seas but ...

TEHRAN - Iranian authorities and heritage experts are racing to contain what they describe as a structural threat to parts of the UNESCO-registered Jameh Mosque of Isfahan, also known as the Atiq ...

Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

From the Nile to the Mississippi, sinking land is compounding sea-level rise. A new study pinpoints where deltas are dropping ...

Researchers analyzed 40 deltas across five continents, including the Mississippi, Mekong, Nile and Ganges–Brahmaputra systems ...

New York City is sinking. Washington, D.C., is sinking, as well. So are Los Angeles, Detroit, Dallas, and more than two-dozen of the most populous cities in the United States. Just over one year after ...

Nearly half of China’s cities are sinking beneath rising water pressures, threatening infrastructure, housing, and long-term livability as scientists warn the problem is spreading faster than expected ...

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, is ...

It might not feel like it, but the ground under our feet is sinking. Using satellite data, researchers were able to precisely map rates of subsidence, the gradual sinking of land, in dozens of major U ...

Land subsidence in California's Central Valley has caused a 2.4% to 5.8% decrease in home values, totaling $1.87 billion. Excessive groundwater pumping, worsened by drought and climate change, is the ...