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 ...

New research involving the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals how fast the world’s river deltas are sinking and the human-driven causes. Home to hundreds of millions of people, until now it was ...

Some of the world’s biggest megacities are located in river deltas threatened by subsidence due to excessive groundwater ...

JAKARTA: Jakarta faces an escalating threat from land subsidence, which experts warn could leave parts of the city underwater ...

When over-pumping of groundwater causes land in the San Joaquin Valley to sink, it tends to take home values with it, according to new research out of the University of California, Riverside. The ...

Subsidence, often called an "invisible threat," can damage infrastructure and increase flood risks. While some cities show slight uplift, it's negligible and doesn't negate the overall sinking trend.

Auckland - like most major NZ cities - sits on the coast. A combination of of sea level rise and land subsidence is putting urban areas at increased risk of flooding No coastal city is immune to the ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: In Arizona’s Willcox Basin, just over an hour east of Tucson, fissures are tearing through the earth, wells are running dry, and strange areas are flooding when it rains. The ...